United States Senate special election in Arizona, 2018 (Beau Lives)

A special election for the United States Senate in Arizona is scheduled to be held on November 6th, 2018 to choose Senator John McCain's successor and to complete the Senate term through January 2023. On July 19th, 2017, The office of John McCain confirmed that during a surgery to removed a blood clot from above Senator McCain's eye, it was discovered that the Senator had an aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma (which also killed Senator Ted Kennedy in 2010). On July 22nd, 2017, McCain's office confirmed that he would resign from the senate at the adjournment of the current session. Originally, Arizona state law dictated that a replacement would be appointed and serve until a special election to be held concurrently with the next state wide election, however, HB2549, which has been introduced to the Arizona State House, will allow the Governor to schedule a special election in 2017 or early 2018. State Senate Majority Leader Kimbrely Lee has stated that she is "100% confident the bill will pass," and has made passing the bill before the end of July a top priority.