Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., on Sunday stated she has no plans to change to the Republican Get together as she weighs a re-election bid in 2024.
In an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Sinema, who left the Democratic Get together final yr and formally registered as an unbiased, stated she is “completely” accomplished with get together affiliation.
Requested by host Margaret Brennan if she’ll ever change into a Republican, Sinema known as either side of the aisle “damaged” events, including: “You don’t go from one damaged get together to a different.”
Sinema registered as an unbiased simply days after Democrats reached a 51-49 majority within the higher chamber — following Sen. Raphael Warnock’s victory in Georgia within the runoff elections — widening their narrowest of majorities.
Though she has not introduced whether or not she’s going to run once more in 2024, Sinema’s marketing campaign has raised over $2.1 million within the first quarter of this yr, with over half of that coming from donors who gave no less than $3,300. Greater than 30% of that haul got here from staff of simply 5 main corporations, together with hedge funds, funding teams and personal fairness companies.
Sinema has beforehand come underneath fireplace for her ties to Wall Street and the wealthy from congressional Democrats, together with Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., who introduced final yr his marketing campaign for the Democratic nomination to Sinema’s Senate seat.
Throughout her time as a Democratic senator, Sinema discovered herself repeatedly at odds along with her colleagues, together with rejecting a filibuster rule change final yr that might have helped cross a serious voting rights invoice — one in every of President Joe Biden’s high priorities.