U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is leaving the Democratic Party and has registered as a political independent, she told CNN and The Arizona Republic.
“I’ve registered as an Arizona independent. I know some people might be a little bit surprised by this, but actually, I think it makes a lot of sense,” Sinema said in a Thursday interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, CNN reported early Friday morning.
She also wrote an opinion column in The Arizona Republic, released early Friday, explaining her decision."Becoming an independent won't change my work in the Senate," she wrote. People are also reading… The news comes just days after Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock's reelection Tuesday in a runoff election in Georgia gave Democrats a 51-49 edge in the Senate starting in January, and was widely seen to reduce Sinema's negotiating influence as one of two swing Democrats in the chamber who sometimes held out on key goals of their party's Biden administration.Tags Subscribe to stay connected to Tucson.
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