Arizona Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Mark Kelly, said Wednesday that the winner of the closely followed Senate race should be sworn in without haste, as lawmakers in Washington gear up in the fight to fill the now vacant Supreme Court seat.

The fierce fight over the push by President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to fill the progressive Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat with a conservative justice with just six weeks to go until the November election, when control of the presidency and the Senate are up for grabs, has upended an already toxic battle for control of the upper chamber of Congress.

New polls released six weeks before the November election in two states President Trump won in his 2016 White House victory indicate that the race is currently deadlocked between the president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

The U.S. Senate special election pitting Republican incumbent Martha McSally against Democrat Mark Kelly is "key to keep the Senate majority" for the GOP next year, McSally told "Fox & Friends" Tuesday.

The nomination is not a done deal -- President Trump has not even chosen a nominee yet. But the confirmation math appears to be tipping in favor of the GOP.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., spoke like a fascist when he vowed that "nothing is off the table" if President Trump goes forward with a nomination to replace late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to "Life, Liberty & Levin" host Mark Levin.

GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine are shirking their "duty" by saying that whoever wins the election should nominate the next Supreme Court justice, House Judiciary Committee member Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Monday.

The outcome of the Arizona Senate race between Republican Martha McSally and Democrat Mark Kelly could determine whether President Trump's nominee to replace late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes it through the Senate, former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy told "Bill Hemmer Reports" Monday.

Republicans have four excellent reasons to move as quickly as possible to confirm a new associate justice to the Supreme Court.

At least one protester was arrested Saturday after a group of about 100 people gathered outside the Kentucky home of Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell.