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Is Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Retiring?
There are some weird signs about what her future plans could potentially be.
Ah, Kyrsten Sinema.
It’s been a hot minute since we’ve checked in on the Arizona Senator, hasn’t it? When she isn’t attempting to derail the left or turn her back on the people who elected her, the former Democrat turned “Independent” has been working with Republicans on legislation regarding the Mexico border. But, there have been some interesting sings of what’s potentially to come for Sinema as she supposedly looked to navigate running as an Independent.
Or, does she?
After a lengthy, well written, in depth look at the spending of Sinema’s campaign, Sam Brodey and Roger Sollenberger with The Daily Beast write:
“…Political insiders in Washington and Arizona are parsing Sinema’s every move to figure out if she will file for re-election by the April 8 deadline. The optics of the senator’s spending habits, plus the anemic $594,000 she raised in the fourth quarter, suggest a battle against Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and GOP candidate Kari Lake could be even tougher for her than anticipated.
According to Saurav Ghosh, director of campaign finance reform at the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center, Sinema’s “risk tolerance of pushing right up…