Sen. Sinema Gets 2024 Challenger After Leaving Democrat Party

Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) on Jan. 23 announced a challenge to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), who recently left the Democrat Party. In his campaign announcement he painted Sinema as an advocate for “the rich and powerful.”
“If you’re more likely to be meeting with the powerful than the powerless, you’re doing this job incorrectly,” he said.
“I’m trying to be the senator of Arizona [sic] because you deserve somebody fighting for you and fighting with you every day to make sure you have the same chance at el sueno Americano,” or the American dream, Gallego added later.
Sinema said on KTAR radio on Jan. 20 that she thought Arizonans wanted a break from “campaign politics” after the 2022 midterms….}