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- Sen. Mark Kelly is the one and only senator on Kamala Harris's VP shortlist.
- Suddenly, he's become a center of attention on Capitol Hill. It's unusual for the Arizona senator.
- "He is, I'm not exaggerating, the most even-keeled politician I've ever met," one colleague said.
It was just after noon on a Wednesday. The US Senate, known for its obnoxiously long votes, was 42 minutes into the first one of the day. Beneath the harsh glow of the fluorescent lights in the Capitol basement, senators and their staff shuffled to and from the elevators that would carry them up to the doors of the Senate chamber.