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John McCain

John McCain

U.S. Senator John McCain has a long career of public service.
 
After graduating from the Naval Academy in 1958, John McCain began his career as a Naval aviator. In 1982, he was elected to Congress representing what was then the first congressional district of Arizona. In 1986, he was elected to the United States Senate to take the place of Arizona's great Senator Barry Goldwater. Senator McCain is currently the senior senator from Arizona.
 
In 2000, Senator McCain ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. He is currently the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services.  He also serves on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
 
Senator McCain has seven children and four grandchildren. He and his wife, Cindy, reside in Phoenix.

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John Kyl

John Kyl

Jon Kyl was elected to the U.S. Senate from Arizona in 1994 and re-elected in 2000 and 2006, after having served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. As the Republican Whip, he is the second-ranking member of the Senate Republican Leadership and responsible for building support on key issues.

He serves on the Senate’s Finance Committee, where he is the ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, and on the Judiciary Committee, where he is the ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security.

Before his public service, Kyl practiced law at Jennings, Strouss & Salmon in Phoenix.  In 1985 he served as chairman of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce.

Born in Oakland, Nebraska, Kyl received both his bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Arizona.  He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was editor-in-chief of the Arizona Law Review.  He and his wife Caryll have two children, Kristine Kyl Gavin and John Kyl, and four grandchildren.

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