American politician (born 1976)
Centrist extinction looms as Sinema, Manchin, Romney call it quits: Polarization is hollowing out the Senate's centrist core.
axios.com/2024/03/06/sinema-retirement-manchin-romney-centrists
Quick Glance: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's Decision Not to Seek Re-election
- The independent senator, Sinema, announced on Tuesday her choice not to pursue re-election, leading to her departure from the Senate after a single term.
- Sinema's opting out sets the stage for a challenging and costly battle for her position, with top Republican contender Kari Lake and leading Democrat Ruben Gallego already in the race to succeed her.
- In a video message, Sinema emphasized her departure from the Senate due to the prevailing bipartisan conflict and the divergence between her approach and the current desires of America.
- Sinema's political journey has been remarkable, transitioning from a Green Party organizer to the GOP's former favorite Democrat in the U.S. Senate. Following an irreparable split with Arizona Democrats, she shifted from her party in 2022 to operate as an independent, aiding Democrats in maintaining Senate control.
Once in the Senate, Kyrsten Sinema frustrated many Democrats by opposing changes to the chamber's filibuster rules that might have paved the way for the ... Show more abcnews.go.com/538/sinemas-retirement-arizona-senate-race/story
Fundraising for US Rep. Ruben Gallego skyrockets with Kyrsten Sinema out of Senate race
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Senate Republicans’ campaign arm endorses Lake: The Senate Republicans’ campaign arm is formally endorsing Kari Lake in the Arizona Senate race ...
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4464838-senate-republicans-campaign-arm-endorses-lake/
Meghan McCain Laughs at Kari Lake Getting Booed in Arizona GOP Meeting: Lake received a mixed reception during a Saturday meeting of the Arizona GOP.
newsweek.com/meghan-mccain-laughs-kari-lake-getting-booed-arizona-gop-meeting-1864662
Conversations and insights about the moment.: But a Democrat might beat him in November by focusing on voter concerns.
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NRSC endorses Kari Lake the uniter. Has anyone in Arizona actually seen this Lake?
azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2024/02/13/kari-lake-nrsc-endorsement-uniter-republicans/72582941007/
Sinema’s exit puts the spotlight on the Senate’s shrinking pool of dealmakers: Not long before independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona publicly announced she ...
cnn.com/2024/03/08/politics/sinema-departure-senate-reaction/
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Trump, Rosendale, Sinema: The big decisions shaping the Senate GOP's odds: Republicans are feeling confident they can win back the Senate majority next year ...
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Most Arizona swing voters back Sinema in 3-way race, per focus group: Most said they'd support Gallego over Lake if Sinema doesn't run.
axios.com/local/phoenix/2023/11/13/kyrsten-sinema-election-polls-arizona
Lake said she would be ‘honored’ if Trump campaigned for her: Kari Lake said Tuesday that she would be “honored” if former President Trump campaigned for her as ...
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Kyrsten Sinema Blasts Border Deal Critics for Fueling 'Rumors': "I would just ask that folks consider reading the text before making a decision about what the ...
newsweek.com/kyrsten-sinema-blasts-border-deal-critics-fueling-rumors-1866169
Arizona Republican Kari Lake launches 2024 senate campaign: After a failed bid for Arizona governor in 2022, Republican Kari Lake will attempt to unseat Sen ...
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Quick Glance: Trump endorses Kari Lake in Arizona Senate race
- Former President Trump has endorsed Kari Lake, a passionate supporter, in the Arizona Senate race on Tuesday evening.
- Kari Lake officially announced her candidacy for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (I-Ariz.) seat next fall after filing paperwork last week.
- A recent poll conducted by Public Policy Polling found Rep. Ruben Gallego at 41 percent, Kari Lake at 36 percent, and Sinema at 15 percent.
Kari Lake files paperwork to run for Arizona Senate: Republican Kari Lake filed paperwork Tuesday to run for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (I) seat in Arizona ...
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Kari Lake launching Arizona Senate campaign Oct. 10: Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake will officially launch a Senate campaign next month ...
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4227665-kari-lake-launching-arizona-senate-campaign-in-october/
Quick Glance: Kari Lake to Launch Campaign for Contested U.S. Seat in Arizona
- Republican Kari Lake, an ally of Trump and election denier, will soon announce her campaign for the U.S. Senate seat held by Kyrsten Sinema.
- The Arizona race is a key target for Republicans aiming to regain the Senate majority.
- Lake will compete against Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb in the Republican primary.
- Other potential Republican candidates have held off from entering the race while Lake considered her plans.
Kari Lake prepares to enter Arizona Senate race: "I just might have to join them."
axios.com/2023/08/08/kari-lake-arizona-senate-race-campaign-election
Quick Glance: Kari Lake prepares for Arizona Senate race
- Former Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake is assembling a team for a Senate campaign, set to launch in October.
- Lake is expected to spend most of September in Arizona, interviewing potential staff and consultants.
- The former TV news anchor has recently joined Ohio GOP Senate candidate Bernie Moreno on the campaign trail, attracting a crowd of over 650 people.
- Sinema, once hailed by her (former) party for being the first Democrat to win an Arizona Senate seat in 30 years, has been at odds with progressives during the Biden presidency on corporate taxes, filibuster reform, and other issues.
Arizona Senate race creates political headache for Democrats: Senate Democratic leaders face a thorny path in Arizona’s Senate race, where Democrat Ruben Gallego ...
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4254578-krysten-sinema-arizona-senate-race-ruben-gallego-democrats/
Kari Lake set to launch Arizona Senate bid next month, after gubernatorial loss: Sources
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Arizona readies for Kari Lake and a contentious Senate race: Kari Lake’s announcement that she’ll decide by the end of the year whether she’s running for Senate ...
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4172163-arizona-readies-for-kari-lake-and-a-contentious-senate-race/
Manchin and Sinema back to bedeviling Democrats: The West Virginian is flirting with a third-party presidential bid and rejecting Biden nominees ...
politico.com/news/2023/07/21/manchin-sinema-senate-democrats-00107441
A Kyrsten Sinema Redux? Why There’s Nothing Badass About Elissa Slotkin: The figure Slotkin is most reminiscent of is Sinema, a conservative Democrat in the ...
commondreams.org/opinion/elissa-slotkin-for-senate
Kyrsten Sinema's Decision Is All About 2024: She seems to be grasping for a lifeline, or at least a bit of leverage.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/12/sinemas-switch-changes-very-little/672413/
Quick Glance: Sinema alters her party allegiance to independent in Senate shuffle
- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) announced her resignation from the Democratic Party on Friday, dampening Senate Democrats" post-midterms celebrations and potentially endangering Democrats" hopes of retaining the seat in 2024.
- Some Arizona Democrats accused the senator of switching for political purposes in order to escape a near-certain Democratic primary battle in 2024 if she runs as an independent in that campaign.
- "Senator Sinema may now be registered as an independent, but she has shown she answers to corporations and billionaires, not Arizonans," Arizona Democratic Party Chair Raquel Terán said in a statement.
- "She's independent, just like Arizona," the advertisement stated.
GOP fears Kari Lake bid could cost them Arizona Senate race: Republicans are facing a dwindling number of alternatives to mount a challenge to Kari Lake in the ...
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4059143-gop-fears-kari-lake-bid-could-cost-them-arizona-senate-race/
Quick Glance: Republicans concerned about potential Kari Lake candidacy and impact on Arizona Senate race
- Republicans have limited options to challenge Kari Lake in the Arizona Senate primary, raising concerns for the party over a prime opportunity next year.
- Kari Lake, who narrowly lost her gubernatorial election to Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) last November, is considering a potential Senate run for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (I) seat.
- After winning the gubernatorial GOP primary by close to half the primary vote and beating her main opponent Karrin Taylor Robson by 5 points, Lake lost to Hobbs in November – a defeat that she baselessly contested.
- In a three-way race between Lake, Gallego and Sinema, Gallego leads by 8 points, according to a February poll.
‘Grab your popcorn and watch’: Arizona’s messy Senate race begins to take shape: The most unpredictable Senate race on the 2024 map is unfolding in Arizona ...
cnn.com/2023/05/04/politics/arizona-senate-sinema-gallego-kari-lake/
Newly independent Sinema gets Democratic challenger for Senate seat: Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego says he'll challenge independent U.S. Sen ...
pbs.org/newshour/politics/newly-independent-sinema-gets-democratic-challenger-for-senate-seat
Quick Glance: Rep. Ruben Gallego has announced his candidature for Kyrsten Sinema's Arizona Senate seat.
- He claimed that he and Sinema both come from "modest to poor means," but that their paths in Congress have diverged.
- "I'm better for this job than Kyrsten Sinema because I haven't forgotten where I came from," Gallego told The Associated Press.
- Gallego, a 43-year-old military veteran who was first elected to Congress in 2014, had made no secret of his desire to run against Sinema, a longtime rival in Arizona politics who has been a stumbling block and irritant to Democrats during Joe Biden's presidency.
- She single-handedly defeated Democrats' long-held goal of increasing taxes on wealthy investors.
Kyrsten Sinema’s Party of One: What the Arizona senator’s breakup with the Democrats means for American politics.
nytimes.com/2023/05/01/magazine/kyrsten-sinema-independent.html
Sinema Challenger Gallego Sets Arizona Fundraising Record With $1 Million 24-Hour Haul
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Quick Glance: Who could succeed Rep. Ruben Gallego in the House? Here's what we know so far.
- Rep. Ruben Gallego announced his candidacy for the United States Senate on Monday, leaving his House seat open.
- Several people, including several state legislators, have been mentioned as potentially interested in running for the 3rd Congressional District.
- From 2003 to 2009, he was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, and from 2011 to 2015, he was a member of the Arizona Senate.
- Miranda, 58, is the Arizona State Senate's 11th district representative.
A MAGA War Between Blake Masters and Kari Lake Is Brewing in Arizona: Trump ultras Blake Masters and Kari Lake both lost as Arizona ticket-mates in 2022 ...
nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/08/blake-masters-and-kari-lake-may-be-senate-rivals-in-arizona.html
Quick Glance: Blake Masters Set to Enter Senate Race, Foreshadowing Republican Battles
- Blake Masters, former protege of billionaire Peter Thiel, reportedly planning to run for U.S. Senate in Arizona again, less than a year after losing to Sen. Mark Kelly and facing potential challenge from Kari Lake, his former political ally.
- Lake, GOP's 2022 gubernatorial nominee, openly hints at Senate run once again in Fox News interview.
- Masters and Lake's entry adds to Arizona Republicans' anticipation of another competitive primary, culminating in August 2024.
- Masters secured 2022 GOP nomination largely due to endorsement from former President Donald Trump.
Arizona Senate race: Why Kyrsten Sinema can win as an independent: How the controversial senator could win — even after leaving the Democratic Party.
vox.com/politics/2023/3/16/23641268/kyrsten-sinema-arizona-senate-race
Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema Complicates Democrats’ Defense of Senate Majority in 2024
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Who is Ruben Gallego?: Gallego is eyeing the Senate seat currently occupied by Kyrsten Sinema. How likely is he to take it?
theweek.com/arizona/1020477/who-is-ruben-gallego-and-could-he-win-in-arizona
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema pulls in cash from Wall Street, real estate titans as she mulls reelection bid
cnbc.com/2023/02/02/kyrsten-sinema-gets-wall-street-real-estate-support-ahead-of-2024-election.html
Why Sinema left the Democratic Party: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) had plenty of reason to leave the Democratic Party and become an Independent ...
thehill.com/homenews/senate/3769397-why-sinema-left-the-democratic-party/
Bernie Sanders Hits Krysten Sinema as a Political Saboteur as She Bails on the Democratic Party
thedailybeast.com/bernie-sanders-hits-krysten-sinema-as-a-political-saboteur-as-she-bails-on-the-democratic-party
Quick Glance: Despite Sinema, Joe Manchin will "never" be a Republican. Christie has made a decision.
- "I think Joe Manchin is a Democrat going all the way back to his mom and dad."
- Despite Senator Kyrsten Sinema's party move, West Virginia Democrat Senator Joe Manchin would "never" become a Republican, claimed former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Sunday.
- Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema revealed on Thursday that she had changed her party membership from Democrat to independent, fueling speculation that Manchin, a moderate, would follow suit.
- Some political watchers have long wondered if Manchin might become an independent as his differences with other Democrats grew.
Kyrsten Sinema Makes the Senate More Like America: America’s most popular party affiliation isn’t Republican or Democratic. So why does Congress have so few ...
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/kyrsten-sinema-senate-independent-party-switch/672583/
Five questions shaping new battle for Senate: Democrats fresh off a triumph in the 2022 fight for the Senate now face an even more difficult battle: retaining ...
thehill.com/homenews/senate/3786640-five-questions-shaping-new-battle-for-senate/
Sinema’s switch was months in the making. Now it’s a challenge for Democrats.: Unhappiness ran in both directions and loomed over the Arizona senator's political ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/18/sinema-switch-democrat-independent-senate/
Sinema's switch alters electoral math for GOP and Democrats in 2024: Sinema hasn't said whether she'll run for re-election.
axios.com/local/phoenix/2022/12/12/sinema-switch-changes-electoral-math-in-2024
Quick Glance: Sinema's new position
- However, the full impact of Sinema's announcement remains frustratingly unclear, as both the senator and her colleagues appear unwilling (or unable) to fully articulate just what the switch will mean for the party, the Senate, and the Arizonans who elected a Democrat on the assumption that she would remain so throughout her career.
- While unexpected, Sinema's choice to leave the Democratic Party is not entirely surprising in retrospect.
- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has stated that the U.S.
- What will almost surely alter is how Democrats and Republicans plan to approach 2024 and Sinema's presumed re-election bid.
Sanders: Sinema Is ‘Corporate Democrat’ Who ‘Sabotaged' Key Legislation: When asked if Sinema has the guts to take on powerful special interests, Sanders replied ...
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Poll: Sinema Would Get Crushed As an Independent in 2024: A very early Arizona poll shows that Kyrsten Sinema running for reelection in 2024 as an independent ...
nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/12/poll-sinema-would-get-crushed-as-an-independent-in-2024.html
Republican Mark Lamb Files to Run for Kyrsten Sinema’s Senate Seat: Mark Lamb, a sheriff and an ally of former President Donald J. Trump, will run for the seat ...
nytimes.com/2023/04/11/us/politics/kyrsten-sinema-senate-seat-republican-mark-lamb.html
Ruben Gallego Charts a New Campaign After Kyrsten Sinema Shakeup: Ruben Gallego insists he’s running the same campaign as before now that Kyrsten Sinema has ...
thedailybeast.com/ruben-gallego-charts-a-new-campaign-after-kyrsten-sinema-shakeup
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Of Arizona Said She's No Longer A Democrat And People On Twitter Had A Lot To Say About It
buzzfeednews.com/article/annabetts/kyrsten-sinema-independent-reaction
What do Democrats do with Kyrsten Sinema in 2024?: A party in such a situation almost always lines up behind the most likely winner. But history might not be the ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/13/democrats-2024-kyrsten-sinema-problem/
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is counting on winning big with independents. Why that's a risky bet
azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2023/10/09/kyrsten-sinema-expects-to-win-big-with-arizona-independents/71095426007/
Paid articlePaid Democrats Are Ready to Call Kyrsten Sinema’s Bluff: Kyrsten Sinema is putting Democrats in a bind with her decision to declare herself an independent ...
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Opinion | Meet Kyrsten Sinema, Former Democrat of Arizona: The senator would like to transcend the two-party system. Is that even possible?
nytimes.com/2022/12/12/opinion/sinema-musk-biden-trump.html
The Democrat Who Could Take Down Kyrsten Sinema: Ruben Gallego will try to fulfill the left’s dreams by challenging Arizona’s newly independent U.S. senator.
nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/02/ruben-gallego-on-his-challenge-to-kyrsten-sinema.html
Kari Lake's Chances of Beating Kyrsten Sinema in Arizona, According to Poll: A recent survey said Lake would get 36 percent of the vote in a potential race ...
newsweek.com/kari-lake-chances-beating-kyrsten-sinema-arizona-according-poll-1774340
This Democrat is fired up and ready to defeat Kyrsten Sinema: This Democrat is running for Kyrsten Sinema's Senate seat in Arizona with a blunt style.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/06/gallego-arizona-senate-democrat-sinema/
Kyrsten Sinema is turning Arizona’s 2024 senate race into sheer chaos: Three key questions to consider for 2024’s Senate contest.
vox.com/policy-and-politics/23520949/kyrsten-sinema-independent-arizona-senate-gallego-stanton-lake-ducey
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Democrats kept the Senate this year, but 2024 may be harder: Democrats celebrating a successful effort to keep control of the U.S. Senate this year will soon ...
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Sinema Reaches Deal with Democrats on Reconciliation: After a week of silence, Sinema announced her support for a revised version of the major spending package.
usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-08-04/sinema-reaches-deal-with-democrats-on-reconciliation
Quick Glance: The Hill's Morning Report -- Democrats on the verge of passing a budget bill
- Democrats plan to replace it with a new excise tax on stock buybacks, which is estimated to generate more revenue than the item Sinema dropped (The Associated Press).
- Brittney Griner, 31, was convicted of narcotics possession with criminal intent in a Russian court on Thursday.
- "What is at stake is extremely serious and extremely grave and dangerous," he declared (The New York Times).
- The Associated Press investigates how states are responding.
In quest for Arizona victory, 'Lake and Blake' is a thing, but 'Katie and Kelly' is not
usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/10/16/arizona-democrats-katie-hobbs-mark-kelly-midterms/10518182002/
Paid articlePaid McConnell calls Democrat Kyrsten Sinema 'the most effective first-term senator': The top Republican applauded her defense of the Senate filibuster.
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Quick Glance: McConnell says Sinema is the "most effective first-term senator" he's ever seen.
- Mitch McConnell, the Senate Minority Leader, praised Democratic Sen.
- "I've only known Kyrsten for four years, but she is, in my view — and I've told her this — the most effective first-term senator I've seen in my time in the Senate,"ve only known Kyrsten for four years, but she is, in my opinion — and I"ve only known Kyrsten for four years, but she is, in my view — and I"ve seen in my time in the Senate," added the Republican leader.
- "McConnell went on to commend Sinema for her opposition to ending the so-called filibuster in the Senate, which requires 60 affirmative votes to advance legislation."
- "In today's partisan Washington, it might shock some that a Democratic senator would consider the Republican leader of the Senate her friend."
Will Kyrsten Sinema’s ‘Self-Destructive’ Moves Take Her Down?: The Arizona senator has defended some of Wall Street’s favorite loopholes. It’s practically ...
thedailybeast.com/will-kyrsten-sinemas-self-destructive-moves-take-her-down
Democrat Ruben Gallego challenging Kyrsten Sinema in 2024 Senate race: The liberal Marine vet has been openly critical of the state's centrist senator.
axios.com/2023/01/20/gallego-sinema-arizona-senate-2024
Democratic anxiety grows over Sinema’s silence: Senate Democrats are growing more anxious over maverick Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (D-Ariz.) five-day silence on a ...
thehill.com/homenews/senate/3583461-democratic-anxiety-grows-over-sinemas-silence/
Full List of Senators Holding Democrats' Future Majority in Limbo: Chances of Democrats maintaining their Senate majority in 2024 could hang on the decisions of ...
newsweek.com/full-list-senators-holding-democrats-future-majority-limbo-1775429
Kyrsten Sinema Has Brought the Entire State of Arizona Together (in Thinking She Sucks)
slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/09/kyrsten-sinema-approval-rating-equally-unpopular-everyone.html
Ruben Gallego takes on Republicans, Democrats and maybe Kyrsten Sinema : Inside Arizona’s representative Ruben Gallego’s plan to transform the Democratic Party.
vox.com/the-highlight/23323231/ruben-gallego-arizona-latino-voters
Democrats’ big package: What remains in and what’s out?: What’s in, and out, of the Democrats’ “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” as it stands now.
detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2022/08/05/democrats-big-package-what-remains-and-whats-out/10252387002/
Manchin and Sinema throw re-election bids in doubt with Biden agenda vote: Democrats are staring at a rough political map in two years.
axios.com/2022/08/14/manchin-sinema-reelection-2024
The Deepening Mystery of Kyrsten Sinema: The Arizona senator effectively leverages her power, but her ends are unclear.
theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/08/the-deepening-mystery-of-kyrsten-sinema/671066/
Kyrsten Sinema’s Problems Are Only Beginning: Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema has come out of Biden’s first two years vulnerable to a primary challenge in 2024 ...
nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/08/kyrsten-sinema-primary-arizona-2024-carried-interest-prescription-drug.html
Ruben Gallego campaign teases Senate challenge to Kyrsten Sinema, raises money off idea
azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/07/22/ruben-gallego-campaign-teases-senate-challenge-kyrsten-sinema/10120318002/
Sinema Stands Apart From Most Recent Senate Party-Switchers: Kyrsten Sinema’s declaration of independence from restive Democrats is hardly unique ...
nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/12/sinema-stands-apart-from-most-recent-senate-party-switchers.html
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