phoenix<u+2014>republican sen. john mccain won a sixth term in arizona after a tumultuous race in which he frequently clashed with gop presidential nominee donald trump. mr. mccain, the chairman of the armed services committee and the 2008 gop presidential nominee, defeated centrist democratic rep. ann kirkpatrick in what mr. mccain had called one of the toughest races of his political career. mr. mccain, 80 years old, won with 52.9% of the vote, compared with 41.6% for ms. kirkpatrick, with 35% of precincts reporting, according to the associated press. a household name in arizona, the senator faced criticism from arizona conservatives who lambasted him for seeking to pass an immigration overhaul with democrats. but exit polls showed he held a comfortable lead over his opponent as nov. 8 approached last month, newspaper editorials criticized him for saying on a radio interview that he would block a supreme court justice nominated by hillary clinton if she were to win the presidency and the senate maintained its republican majority. in a victory speech tuesday night, mr. mccain said he <u+201c>will extend an open hand to our new president, and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to solve our problems together as fellow americans, who have more in common than we have differences.<u+201d> <u+201c>most of all, we have our citizenship in common, and that is a blessing we should honor by treating each other with respect,<u+201d> he said. although mr. mccain<u+2019>s opponent was ms. kirkpatrick, 66, a former prosecutor and state legislator, it was his clashes with mr. trump that dominated the race for more than a year, as ms. kirkpatrick worked to link the two republicans. mr. trump drew reprimands from party leaders last july when he said mr. mccain<u+2019>s five years as a prisoner of war in vietnam didn<u+2019>t make him a war hero. while he backed mr. trump once he won the gop nomination, mr. mccain criticized the new york businessman for his vows to revive waterboarding as an interrogation technique, as well as his praise for russian president vladimir putin. and mr. mccain delivered a blistering attack on mr. trump after he picked a public spat with the parents of a muslim u.s. army captain killed in iraq. but it wasn<u+2019>t until early october, when a 2005 video surfaced showing mr. trump speaking in crude sexual terms about grabbing women without their consent, that mr. mccain withdrew his endorsement for the nominee. questions over president barack obama <u+2019>s signature 2010 health-care law figured prominently in the senate race in arizona, where many counties have only one insurer selling exchange plans for 2017 and premiums increased. mr. mccain, a critic of the law, attacked ms. kirkpatrick, who voted for it. write to kristina peterson at kristina.peterson@wsj.com and miriam jordan at miriam.jordan@wsj.com
john mccain wins arizona senate race - wsj
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