--- title: Martha Mcsally's Dog Is Completely Unbothered By Her Loss description: After losing her Senate bid, Republican candidate Martha McSally shared a concession video starring her now-famous dog Boomer. canonical: https://time.com/5453278/mcsally-sinema-dog/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-13T16:43:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:59.615Z og:title: Politician's Dog Is the True Star of Her Concession Video og:description: It's winning everyone over, and people want it to run for office og:url: https://time.com/5453278/mcsally-sinema-dog/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6528ca4acfb6d34/69893f00fb4eac725f898340/martha-mcsally.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Arizona GOP Senate Candidate Martha McSally Attends Primary Night Event In Tempe og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Politician's Dog Is the True Star of Her Concession Video twitter:description: It's winning everyone over, and people want it to run for office twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6528ca4acfb6d34/69893f00fb4eac725f898340/martha-mcsally.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Senate Candidate's Unbothered Dog Is the True Star of This Concession Video > Sponsored content. 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Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Nov 13, 2018 4:43 PM UTC On Monday, Republican Senate candidate [Martha McSally](http://time.com/5386455/martha-mcsally-john-mccain-doug-ducey-appointment/) of Arizona officially conceded in her bid for the office, sharing a video congratulating her Democratic opponent [Kyrsten Sinema](http://time.com/5452894/kyrsten-sinema-wins-arizona-senate/) for winning the tight race. But the real star of her concession video is McSally’s dog Boomer, a delightfully unbothered golden retriever who upstages McSally with his blissful, tongue-lolling presence, sitting upright next to her on the couch and making a play for a handshake. “I just called Kyrsten Sinema and congratulated her on becoming Arizona’s first female senator after a hard-fought battle. I wish her all success as she represents Arizona in the Senate,” McSally said, all the while petting her pleased pup. It was a [closely-watched contest](http://time.com/5444385/arizona-senate-kyrsten-sinema-win-midterms/), and the vote-tallying dragged out nearly a full week after polls closed. But in the end Sinema, a three-term Congresswoman and former social worker, beat out McSally, the first female Air Force pilot to fly in combat. Despite the partisan politics of the campaign, there’s one thing everyone can get behind: McSally’s dog. As she has previously [shared on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/RepMcSally/videos/my-golden-retriever-boomer-is-a-rescue-dog-but-in-many-ways-we-rescued-each-othe/2037257053160533/), Boomer is a rescue dog. “In many ways we rescued each other,” she has said of him. “I was grieving the loss of my former golden, Penelope, when Boomer came into my life.” She has brought Boomer [to campaign rallies](https://twitter.com/marthamcsally/status/1059646303074840576) and even had him [in the running](https://www.facebook.com/RepMcSally/posts/my-golden-retriever-boomer-is-in-the-running-for-the-cutest-dog-on-capitol-hill-/2034436420109263/) in the “Cutest Dog on Capitol Hill” competition in 2017. > [](https://twitter.com/MarthaMcSally/status/1062144676822577152) Luckily for all of us, an appreciation of Boomer is not determined by party politics. > [](https://twitter.com/largecoarsefern/status/1062308493942841351) > [](https://twitter.com/jbillinson/status/1062148753405214720) > [](https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/1062149005373853696) > [](https://twitter.com/GideonResnick/status/1062147344043520000) > [](https://twitter.com/morganewill/status/1062375514697056264) > [](https://twitter.com/IAmGrantMullins/status/1062330520896487424) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5453278/mcsally-sinema-dog/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5453278/mcsally-sinema-dog/"},"headline":"Senate Candidate's Unbothered Dog Is the True Star of This Concession Video","datePublished":"2018-11-13T16:43:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:59.615Z","description":"He's a very good dog, no matter his politics","url":"https://time.com/5453278/mcsally-sinema-dog/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","politics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6528ca4acfb6d34/69893f00fb4eac725f898340/martha-mcsally.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6528ca4acfb6d34/69893f00fb4eac725f898340/martha-mcsally.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Arizona GOP Senate Candidate Martha McSally Attends Primary Night Event In Tempe","caption":"Arizona GOP Senate Candidate Martha McSally Attends Primary Night Event In Tempe","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5453278/mcsally-sinema-dog/","name":"Senate Candidate's Unbothered Dog Is the True Star of This Concession Video"}}]}] ```