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Kyrsten Lea Sinema (/ ˈ k ɪər s t ən ˈ s ɪ n ə m ə / KEER-stən SIN-ə-mə; born July 12, 1976) [1] is an American politician and former social worker who served from 2019 to 2025 as a United States senator from Arizona. A former member of the Democratic Party, Sinema became an independent in December 2022. [2]
Kyrsten Sinema: Democratic (2019–2022) Arizona: January 3, 2019: January 3, 2025: 6 years, 0 days Sinema was the first openly bisexual senator. [1] [7] Independent (2022–2025) Laphonza Butler: Democratic: California: October 3, 2023: December 8, 2024: 1 year, 66 days Butler is openly lesbian and was the first openly LGBTQ African-American ...
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) on Friday dismissed recent scrutiny from her Democratic colleagues as the Arizona lawmaker prepares for the end of her first and only term in the upper chamber.
Kyrsten Sinema during an interview on Capitol Hill (Al Drago / Bloomberg via Getty Images file ) Sinema was a pivotal vote during Biden’s first two years in the 50-50 Senate, using her clout to ...
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona independent, announced Tuesday she will leave the Senate at the end of her term this year, a move that will shake up the battle for control of the chamber in ...
Sinema in 2010. At the time of the Rwandan genocide, which took place in 1994, Sinema was an undergraduate student at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Amid the Rwandan Civil War, Hutu-led armed militias slaughtered members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group. As she would later write, the genocide is "notable for its swiftness, brutality ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced Friday that she has registered as an independent, but she does not plan to caucus with Republicans, ensuring Democrats will ...
Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I) of Arizona grew up in the LDS Church, but left after graduating from Brigham Young University. [2] Senator Marco Rubio (R) of Florida was baptized as a child while living in Nevada but left the Church after his family moved back to Florida. [3] [2]