Senator, Arizona · Democratic
Mark Kelly
Kelly, a former Navy combat pilot and astronaut, brings unusual credibility on defense and space. He votes with working families and for scrutiny of foreign arms sales, and against the tariffs and the Venezuela operation. In 2025 he and other Democratic veterans in Congress recorded a video urging troops to refuse illegal orders, which drew a Pentagon review.
This grade is preliminary and based on the public record to date.
OverallB-GPA 2.73
The grades
- SovereigntyDid they put American interests first and keep decisions in American hands?B
- HemisphereDid they guard the Americas against rival powers and threats?C
- No entangling warsDid they keep the country out of wars that weakened it and served no American interest?B-
- StatecraftDid they use diplomacy, force and alliances skillfully, on American terms?B-
- Industry and tradeDid they protect and build American industry?D+
- Working AmericansDid ordinary working families do better because of them?B+
- BuildingDid they build things that lasted and push the frontier forward?B
- NationDid they strengthen a shared American identity and the Union?B-
- CompetenceWere they capable and effective in office?B+
- IntegrityDid they govern honestly, free of corruption and of capture by donors or foreign interests, and do what they said?B+
On the axes
MarketEconomyPopulist
Free tradeTradeProtectionist
National interestForeign policyGlobal mission
CosmopolitanNationNational
Dark dot: Mark Kelly. Red mark: the Monroe Society. Ideological closeness to the Society: 67%.