'Because I choose civility, understanding, listening, working together to get stuff done, I will leave the Senate at the end of the year,' Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced.
Washington — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Tuesday she is not running for reelection in Arizona in November, opening up a crucial swing-state Senate seat. 'Because I choose civility, understanding, listening, working together to get stuff done, I will leave the Senate at the end of the year,' she announced in a video statement.Sinema left the Democratic Party in 2022 to become an independent.
These solutions are considered failures, either because they're too much or not nearly enough. It's all or nothing, the outcome less important than beating the other guy.'She positioned herself as a moderate who could help negotiate bipartisan deals, giving her more power than a freshman senator would typically have, and often infuriating fellow Democrats.
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