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March 6, 2024

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Announces She Will Not Seek Reelection in Arizona
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In news from Capitol Hill, independent Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema
has announced she will not seek reelection this year. This comes just
over a year after she left the Democratic Party after years of shifting
further to the right. Sinema was widely criticized by Democrats for
voting against changing filibuster rules to pass key voting rights
measures and efforts to raise taxes on corporations. Her departure paves
the way for a high-stakes Senate seat match, likely between Democratic
Congressmember Ruben Gallego and Arizona's former Republican
gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who supported Trump's false claims of
election fraud.


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