Just how far will Ruben Gallego go to make Arizonans believe he is a consensus-building centrist Democrat and not the progressive firebreather he’s been in Congress. Pretty far. He dropped out of the congressional progressive caucus. He distanced himself from Joe Biden. He appears in online campaign ad that makes him look like a NASCAR […]
Sen. Mitt Romney had high praise for his colleague Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, crediting her with bringing senators together from both major parties to pass legislation, and for standing up for the filibuster at a time when she was pressured to change the Senate rules to see it eliminated. Sinema, an independent from Arizona, was elected […]
Stephen Colbert on Tuesday asked Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) if he’ll miss Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), shortly after she announced she will not run for reelection. “Not at all,” Sanders told the “Late Show” host. When asked to explain, Sanders recalled how Sinema blocked elements of Democrats’ Build Back Better package during the pandemic. “We […]
In the political universe that is Washington, D.C., Kyrsten Sinema was a supernova — a solar splash of vibrant color and enormous energy. She served only one term in the United States Senate, but what a term. She put herself at the vital core of virtually every important policy debate in Washington — infrastructure, guns, […]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., center, speaks with Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, left, and Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., right, and others, before President Joe Biden arrives to deliver his State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 7, 2023. | J. Scott Applewhite Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema […]
Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Tuesday that she will not run for re-election this year, leaving the Senate after one term that saw her paint Arizona blue, leave the Democratic Party and play a key role in numerous legislative negotiations in a tightly divided Senate. “Because I choose civility, understanding, listening, working together to get […]
Kyrsten Sinema, the former Democrat from Arizona who is an independent in the US Senate, said on Tuesday she would not run for re-election this year. “I love Arizona and I am so proud of what we’ve delivered,” Sinema said in a video posted to social media. “Because I choose civility, understanding, listening, working together […]
The News Independent U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced Tuesday that she will not run for reelection and will leave the Senate at the end of the year. “Because I choose civility, understanding, listening, working together to get stuff done, I will leave the Senate at the end of this year,” Sinema said in […]
Ending more than a year of speculation about her future, U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said Tuesday she won’t seek reelection because extremism in both major parties makes it impossible to tackle the nation’s needs. In a video message on social media, Sinema, I-Ariz., rattled off what she views as a successful legislative record and lamented […]
In an announcement Tuesday, Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema announced that she will not be running for reelection in November. The move comes as polls show her in a distant third behind Democratic Representative Ruben Gallego and Republican Kari Lake, who ran a losing campaign for governor of Arizona in 2020. Sinema chose to leave the […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced Tuesday that she won’t run for a second term after her estrangement from the Democratic Party left her politically homeless and without a clear path to reelection. Sinema’s announcement comes after Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan bill to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border and deliver […]
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Independent U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona said on Tuesday that she will not run for reelection in the highly competitive state, which will be critical to her former Democratic Party’s chances of maintaining its narrow majority. Sinema’s decision clears the way for an expected head-to-head contest in the November […]