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Sep 17, 2026

Former Republican senator Jon Kyl dies at 84

Jon Kyl, a Republican who served nearly 30 years in Congress representing Arizona and rose to become Senate Minority Whip, died Thursday from complications of a neurological disease. He was known for shepherding Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation and authoring the Jerusalem Embassy Act.

Sep 17, 2026·7 sources
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  • ▪Jon Kyl served in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995 and in the United States Senate from 1995 to 2013.
  • ▪Jon Kyl served for less than four months in his second Senate stint before resigning in late 2018, after which Martha McSally was appointed to the seat.
  • ▪Jon Kyl rose to the position of Senate Republican Minority Whip, serving in that leadership role from 2007 until his retirement in January 2013.

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