Martha McSally refuses to concede Arizona Senate race even as math shows she can't win

[In It to Win It]

Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., refuses to concede her election, even though she trails her Democratic rival by a margin which exceeds the total number of outstanding ballots by the thousands.

The Associated Press projected that Senator-elect Mark Kelly, a retired astronaut and the husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., would win the election nearly a week ago. Kelly has already named his transition team, and he's been assigned temporary office space.

McSally, who also lost her 2018 Senate bid before being appointed by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey to fill the late Sen. John McCain's seat, refuses to concede the race. With no more than 59,993 ballots left to count, McSally trailed Kelly by 81,322 votes as of Tuesday morning, according to Arizona Mirror reporter Jeremy Duda.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/martha-mcsally-refuses-concede-arizona-214413176.html

[gratuitous]

1. You think she'd be used to this by now

Time to move to another state with a sitting Senator in poor health, Martha. May I suggest Kentucky?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. Yes! KY needs a Dem Senator and McSally is good at getting them elected.

I want more than a blue moon and blue grass in Kentucky.

[AmericanCanuck]

23. This is Arizona .. not Kentucky

[Hermit-The-Prog]

31. Perhaps you should read the post to which I was responding.

[AmericanCanuck]

37. My bad ...

[dustyscamp]

2. Go to hell McSaLLy

[woodsprite]

3. Guess she figures if Trump 'fixes' his loss

Then she’ll be next.

[PatSeg]

9. Monkey see, monkey do

These people are unbelievable.

[dubyadiprecession]

4. She's just a miserable hack!

[oasis]

24. "You're just a hack". That's what she said to a member of the WH press

a few months ago. McSally was certainly "large and in charge" in those days.

[Blue_true]

5. She almost did that in 2018. Maybe, if she had the presence of mind

to keep Trump at a distance, she would have won one of the two races she lost.

[C_U_L8R]

6. It seems to be an infectious mental disease.

What a buffoon. McStupid.

[Walleye]

7. She only has to get 120% of the remaining votes 🤪

[Under The Radar]

8. I doubt that there is a law on the books that allows her to keep her seat

...if she doesn’t concede.

[ResistantAmerican17]

11. Math, schmath!!! Alternative numbers.

[gohuskies]

12. More evidence that tRumpers are blind to reality and following Fearless Leader's example

These people are beyond redemption and strictly sore losers.

[Jarqui]

13. Kelly was eligible to be sworn in right away

because McSally was just temporarily filling in for John McCain until an election could be held.

I presume that her refusal to concede prevents the Democrats from adding a vote in the current Senate. Maybe she's waiting to see if Trump can scuttle the AZ vote somehow ....

Who knows for sure?

[sweetloukillbot]

14. He's eligible once the vote is certified

That’s not for another week or so. I think he gets seated right after Thanksgiving.

[Cha]

21. Great.. that will burn mcsally's red hide

Congrats to Senator Elect Mark Kelly!

[sweetloukillbot]

25. I think she pulled the same refusing to concede with Sinema

She eventually did, but it took awhile.

[Cha]

29. TY.. I was wondering about that.

[Permanut]

15. No worries..

I'm sure Barrett, et al, will fix it.

[bdamomma]

16. Senator Mark Kelly

go through your transition. Repigs are sore losers. WTF, take your loss and move along.

[madaboutharry]

17. She is a bitter person.

She has now become the only person to have lost two senate races resulting in flipping a state to the other party. You would think that she would be use to losing.

[2naSalit]

18. From over here she seems to be...

A rather dim bulb.

[Cha]

19. I wouldn't expect anything more from

that piece of Red Shite.

she sent me Beau coup Texts during the campaign thinking I was some guy named "Jerry&quot obviously a former big donor who changed his number 10 years ago).. she was Lying her Desperate head OFF crying to keep "Arizona RED".

[oasis]

26. She tore a page from Leningrad Lindsey's "Bawling for Dollars" playbook.

[Cha]

30. Begging for $$$$$$! Some texts

actually said.. "I'm begging you Jerry blah blah blah"

Jerry never did respond bc they were stacking my phone with texts.. I've had to delete about 300 of them.. with "final warnings" & Everything!

Aloha oasis!

[Enterstageleft]

20. I don't know for sure...

But I think she may be the first person to ever lose two different Senate elections.

[octoberlib]

22. The GOP is fundraising off this shit, that's why.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

27. Emulating her hero

[Grown2Hate]

28. How did tRump HIMSELF put it at their joint rally?

"Ya got one minute, Martha. Hurry up, let's go. Ok, off the stage!" (paraphrasing, of course)

[BlueIdaho]

32. This sounds like a career ending stunt.

Not that this serial loser has ever had a clue about winning elections.

[gulliver]

33. Dems should pair her with Trump in the media.

"Why are two Republicans, Martha McSally and Donald Trump such sore losers?" Trump would not like sharing the limelight with McSally. Be sure to say her name first whenever discussing them for an added bonus Trump dig.

[struggle4progress]

34. "Nobody wants me. Everybody hates me. I'm gonna refuse to concede"

[KY_EnviroGuy]

35. Coattails sometimes don't work out.

Guaranteed she got her instructions from Washington......

KY........ ..........

[DFW]

36. McSilly can't be saved by McTurtle

I think she spends Christmas as a former Senator.