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Jon Kyl's father, John Henry Kyl, taught English at Nebraska State Teachers College before moving to Iowa in the 1950s to join a family business.
A 2006 Time magazine profile called Jon Kyl "the Operator" and named him one of the 10 best senators at the time.
Jon Kyl was involved in an effort to craft an omnibus immigration reform bill in 2007.
Jon Llewellyn Kyl was born on April 25, 1942, in Oakland, Nebraska.
In 2008, Jon Kyl vouched for John McCain's conservative credentials during McCain's presidential campaign.
In 2011, Jon Kyl announced he would not run for a fourth term in the Senate.
The American Conservative Union gave Jon Kyl a lifetime voting score of 96.6.
Jon Kyl was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1994 after serving four terms in the House of Representatives.
Jon Kyl announced in December 2025 that he had been diagnosed with dementia.
Jon Kyl was 84 years old at the time of his death.
In 2000, Dick Cheney interviewed Jon Kyl as a potential running mate for George W. Bush.
Jon Kyl's family stated his death was caused by complications from a neurological disease.
During his three terms as a senator, Jon Kyl became the Republican party whip.
Jon Kyl died on Thursday, September 17, 2026, at his home in Phoenix.
Navy veteran Eileen Laubacher is challenging Representative Lauren Boebert in a rural Colorado district that Donald Trump previously won by 18 points.
Kentucky's Sixth District voted for Donald Trump but also for two-term Democratic Governor Andy Beshear, whose super PAC is now airing ads in the district.
Zach Dembo, a Democratic candidate in Kentucky, said Donald Trump's tariff policies hurt farmers and the bourbon industry.
J.B. Poersch, president of the Senate Majority PAC, said the Democratic party is on the verge of winning if it is not outspent on ads by Republicans.
On a recent Tuesday, Iowa Republican Representatives Zach Nunn and Mariannette Miller-Meeks voted with Democrats to direct the president to end the war with Iran.
Around the time of the vote, Representative Hinson ran a new TV ad boasting she had 'worked with Democrats' in Congress.