Congresswoman Martha McSally (R-AZ)

GING-PAC endorsed Senate candidate Kelli Ward lost her bid to become the GOP Senate candidate to replace Jeff Flake. The victory goes to Congresswoman Martha McSally who represents the second district of Arizona.

McSally is an Air Force Academy graduate who flew A-10 Warthogs in Iraq. She is the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat and the first to command a fighter squadron in combat in U.S. history. During her service in Iraq, she flew nearly 100 combat hours. She served 26 years in the Air Force and retired in 2010 as a full Colonel.

Later, she served on the staff of Sen. Jon Kyl as national security advisor on issues involving terrorism, cyber security and missile defense.

Congresswoman McSally has a MA from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and the U.S. Air War College in Public Policy and Strategic Studies, where she graduated at the top of her class of 261 senior officers.

McSally will face off against Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema, whose claim to fame is being the first open “bi-sexual” in Congress.