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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 ...
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]
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 ...
Kyrsten Sinema’s short but lively time in the US Senate is coming to an end.. The one-term senator from Arizona announced on Tuesday that she would serve the remainder of her term before ...
Sinema, 47, was elected in 2018 as a Democrat, but drew her party's ire after she repeatedly foiled policy proposals of President Joe Biden along with moderate Democratic Senator Joe Manchin.
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 ...
Order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term. Behind this is former service as a senator (only giving the senator seniority within his or her new incoming class), service as vice president, a House member, a cabinet secretary, or a governor of a state. The final factor is the population of the senator's state.