Citing a 'broken partisan system,' Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said she's now registered as an independent.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat from Arizona, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Feb. 1, 2022. — Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced Friday that she's registered as an independent but doesn't plan to caucus with Republicans, ensuring Democrats will retain their narrow majority in the Senate.
"I know some people might be a little bit surprised by this, but actually, I think it makes a lot of sense," Sinema told CNN on Thursday."I've never fit neatly into any party box. I've never really tried. I don't want to." The first-term senator wrote in the Arizona Republic that she came into office pledging"to be independent and work with anyone to achieve lasting results. I committed I would not demonize people I disagreed with, engage in name-calling, or get distracted by political drama. I promised I would never bend to party pressure."She wrote that her approach is"rare in Washington and has upset partisans in both parties" but"has delivered lasting results for Arizona.
Sinema told Politico in an interview that she won't caucus with Republicans and that she plans to keep voting as she has since winning election to the Senate in 2018 after three House terms."Nothing will change about my values or my behavior," she said."We've worked with her effectively on a lot of major legislation from CHIPS to BIL and have every reason to expect that will continue," the White House official said.
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