Sinema Of Arizona Says She Won’t Seek Senate Reelection

Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has announced 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, as reported by Jonathan J. Cooper for the Associated Press (AP).

Sinema’s border-security ambitions, and her career in Congress, were swallowed by the partisanship that has paralyzed Congress. I Photo: Krysten Sinema Facebook

Sinema’s announcement comes after Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan bill to help secure the US-Mexico border and deliver military aid to Ukraine and Israel — a deal that Sinema spent months negotiating.

She had hoped it would be a signature achievement addressing one of Washington’s most intractable challenges as well as a powerful endorsement for her increasingly lonely view that cross-party dealmaking remains possible.

But in the end, Sinema’s border-security ambitions, and her career in Congress, were swallowed by the partisanship that has paralyzed Congress.

“I love Arizona and I am so proud of what we’ve delivered,” she said in a video posted to social media.

“Because I choose civility, understanding, listening, working together to get stuff done, I will leave the Senate at the end of this year.” Sinema’s decision avoids a three-way contest in one of the most closely watched 2024 Senate races.

That hard-to-forecast scenario had spawned fierce debate among political operatives about whether one major party would benefit in the quest for the Senate majority.

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