Kyrsten Sinema

2022 - 12 - 9

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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema leaves the Democratic Party to register as an ... (NPR)

Sinema's move is unlikely to change the power balance in the Senate, as it comes days after Sen. Raphael Warnock won the Georgia runoff election to give ...

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Sinema leaving the Democratic Party and registering as an ... (CNN)

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is leaving the Democratic Party and registering as a political independent, she told CNN's Jake Tapper in an exclusive TV ...

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Sinema switches to independent, shaking up the Senate (Politico)

The Arizona senator won't say whether she's running for reelection but said in an interview she doesn't expect a change in how the Senate operates.

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Kyrsten Sinema Says She Will Leave the Democratic Party To ... (The New York Times)

The Arizona senator is registering as an independent, noting that she “never fit perfectly in either national party.”

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US Senator Kyrsten Sinema says she will leave Democratic Party (BBC News)

Democrats maintain control of the Senate, despite the Arizona senator's move to sit as an independent.

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Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema switches to independent (WOKV)

Sinema told Politico in an interview that she will not caucus with Republicans and that she plans to keep voting as she has since winning election to the Senate ...

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Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Switches to Independent - GV Wire ... (gvwire.com)

Sinema, who faces reelection in 2024, has modeled her political approach on the maverick style of the late Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona. A vibrant yet ...

Sinema is a staunch defender of the filibuster, a Senate rule effectively requiring 60 votes to pass most legislation in the 100-member Senate. The move also previewed the persistent opposition that Sinema was likely face within her own party in 2024. Sinema has not said whether she will seek reelection in 2024, but her move scrambles the landscape as Democrats already face a tough path to maintaining Senate control. A vibrant yet often unpredictable force in the Senate, she tends toward the state’s independent streak, frustrating Democratic colleagues at times with her overtures to Republicans and opposition to Democratic priorities. Her move comes just days after Democrats had expanded their majority to 51-49 for the new year, following the party’s runoff election win in Georgia. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced Friday she has registered as an independent, a renegade move that could bolster her political brand but won’t upend the Democrats’ narrow Senate majority.

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