Senator Kyl is a well respected Republican Senator. He was also a proponent for the UIGEA that helped turn off the financial faucet for online poker.

It remains to be seen who will step into his committee positions and potentially have influence in the online poker world.

This was a statement Kyl released.

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"I'd really like to do something where I still have the ability to be involved in public policy in some way," Kyl said. "I'm not going to give up politics I'll still be supporting candidates running for office, helping them raise money and that sort of thing," Kyl told Arizona's ABC15.