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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]
In the House, 33 LGBTQ people held office; in the Senate, 4 held office. Two people, Tammy Baldwin and Kyrsten Sinema, served in the House and were later elected into the Senate. The earliest known LGBTQ congressperson was Ed Koch, who began his term in the House in 1969. The earliest known LGBTQ senator is Harris Wofford, who began his term in ...
Sinema was a pivotal vote during Biden’s first two years in the 50-50 Senate, using her clout to shape his signature Inflation Reduction Act and single-handedly nix provisions she opposed, like ...
Senator Party Dates in office Electoral history T T Electoral history Dates in office Party Senator # Vacant: Feb 14, 1912 – Mar 27, 1912 Arizona became a state February 14, 1912, but did not elect its U.S. senators until March 27. 1 62nd: 1 Arizona became a state February 14, 1912, but did not elect its U.S. senators until March 27. Feb 14 ...
The Arizona senator has frustrated colleagues at times with her overtures to Republicans and opposition to Democratic priorities. Dem Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has registered as independent Skip to main ...
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s decision to leave the Democratic Party could make it tougher for Democrats to hold onto her Senate seat in 2024.
Independent U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema said on Wednesday that Senate negotiators were "closing in" on a bipartisan border security deal, which Congress could couple with new emergency aid for ...
Kyrsten Sinema (2018). This is the electoral history of Kyrsten Sinema, the senior United States senator from Arizona since 2019. Previously, she represented the 15th district in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011 and in the Arizona Senate from 2011 to 2012.