Photos: AZ Senator Mark Kelly is vetted as a potential running mate for VP Kamala Harris
Vice President Kamala Harris is vetting four potential candidates — including Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly — as she races to choose a running mate for her presidential campaign, according to Associated Press sources. Kelly is a former astronaut and military pilot. He's also the husband of Gabby Giffords, the former Democratic representative from Tucson who was wounded in a mass shooting in 2011.
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Captain Mark Kelly, right, talks with Ted Robbins at Centennial Hall on the UA campus, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 about his wife Gabrielle Giffords and their life since Jan. 8, 2011. The event was sponsored by the Tucson Festival of Books. Kelly was promoting his book "Gabby" a Story of Courage and Hope.
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Mark Kelly left, talks with President Barack Obama following the president's speech during the visit of President and Mrs. Obama to Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, for a memorial event, “Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," to honor the victim's of the January 8 mass shooting.
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Mark Kelly, left, husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, walks with Bishop Gerald Kicanas for the funeral service for Christina-Taylor Green at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church on Thursday January 13, 2011.
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Mark Kelly, husband of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, answers questions during a media briefing on the condition of his wife who is the last patient still recovering at University Medical Center following the tragic shootings of Jan. 8. All other patients have been discharged from the hospital. Thursday January 20, 2011.
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Shuttle Astronaut Mark Kelly takes questions from students during a visit to Mesa Verde Elementary School on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 in Tucson, Ariz. Kelly visited Christina-Taylor Green's school to give her classmates a yearbook that traveled through space with him.
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Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, center, leads the pledge of allegiance at the opening of the Candlelight Vigil on the University of Arizona Mall honoring the victims and survivors of the January 8, 2011 shooting Sunday January 8, 2012 in Tucson, Arizona. Gifford’s husband, Mark Kelly, looks over at her.
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Mark Kelly and Gabrielle Giffords make an appearance at the Get Out the Vote Concert and Rally for Ron Barber at the Rialto Theater in downtown Tucson on Saturday June 09, 2012
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Mark Kelly signs his name on the back of the shirt of Mickey Norton after The Space Shuttle Endeavor riding on the back of a NASA 747 was flown low over the University of Arizona mall on Thursday September 20, 2012. The Shuttle is in route to its final destination in Los Angeles.
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Surrounded by the media as well as fellow survivors, former US Rep Gabrielle Giffords stands by her husband Mark Kelly as he talks about the need to reduce gun violence in the country. The couple spoke at the same Safeway grocery store where she was shot on January 8, 2011. Six people were killed and 13 wounded during the shooting at 7110 N Oracle Road. They began a gun control group called Americans for Responsible Solutions and have been urging US senators to support more thorough background checks in Tucson, Ariz., on Wednesday, March 6, 2013.
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Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords smiles as her husband Capt. Mark Kelly, delivers the commencement address at The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law graduation ceremony at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona on Saturday, May 16, 2015.
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Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords with her husband, Mark Kelly, at the starting line for the 40-mile ride during the 33rd El Tour de Tucson bicycle race in Tucson, Ariz., on Nov. 21, 2015.
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Mark Kelly, far left, talks about why he and his wife, former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, far right, support presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a rally where former President Bill Clinton spoke at Sunnyside High School on Sunday March 20, 2016 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Capt. Mark Kelly share a moment as they receive applause during the January 8 memorial dedication ceremony in El Presidio Park in Tucson, Ariz. The memorial honors the victims and first responders of the 2011 shooting. Six people were killed and 13 others were wounded. January 08, 2018.
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Mark Kelly waves to the crowd after officially kicking off his senate campaign at an event at Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St., Feb. 23, 2019, in Tucson, Ariz. The former astronaut is the husband of former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
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Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly introduce Calexico and Iron and Wine before their concert in Tucson at the Rialto Theatre Saturday night, Aug. 17, 2019.
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Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Mark Kelly, speaks during a drive-in campaign rally at Pima Community College West in Tucson, Ariz. on October 28, 2020. Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris traveled to Tucson to help get out the vote in a last push to get out the vote six days before Election Day.
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Astronaut Mark Kelly, wearing the USS Tucson hat, stands in the International Space Station airlock with Air Force Colonel Ron Garan as he prepares to head out on a space walk.
Mamta Popat
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Tim Steller's column: Trump gifts Sen. Kelly better presidential chancesFor Star subscribers: Sen. Mark Kelly's apparent presidential ambitions have been boosted by the presidential attention he received after his Nov. 18 video stating "You can refuse illegal orders."