Kyrsten Lea Sinema ( KEER-stən SIN-ə-mə; born July 12, 1976) is an American politician, lawyer, 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.
Sinema served three terms as a state representative for the 15th legislative district from 2005 to 2011, one term as the state senator for the 15th legislative district from 2011 to 2012, and three terms as the United States representative for the 9th district from 2013 to 2019. She began her political career in the Arizona Green Party and rose to prominence for her progressive advocacy, supporting causes such as LGBT rights and opposing the war on terror. She left the Green Party to join the Arizona Democratic Party in 2004 and was elected to a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 2012. After her election, she joined the New Democrat Coalition, the Blue Dog Coalition and the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, amassing one of the most conservative voting records in the Democratic caucus.
Sinema won the 2018 Senate election to replace the retiring Jeff Flake, defeating Republican nominee Martha McSally. She became the first openly bisexual and the second openly LGBTQ woman (after Tammy Baldwin) to be elected to the Senate. Sinema also became the first woman elected to the Senate from Arizona and the only religiously unaffiliated member of the Senate. She was one of four independents in the Senate, alongside Bernie Sanders, Angus King, and Joe Manchin, all of whom caucused with the Democrats.
Sinema was considered a key swing vote in the Senate during the 117th and 118th Congresses, when it was almost evenly split between Democrats and Republicans. On March 5, 2024, she announced she would not seek reelection and was succeeded by Democrat Ruben Gallego.
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Date: 13 July 1976
By HENRY GINIGER Special to The New York Times
Henry Special
Ricardo de la Cierva, in his wkly column in Madrid daily El Pais, repts that 3 mins of present Govt, in office since July 7, had called newspapers to 'interfere' in publication of news articles; warns that practice is intolerable and must stop (M)
Date: 12 July 1976
ed on murder holds that investigation should not stop with solution to Bolles's murder
Date: 12 July 1976
By ROBERT LINDSEY Special to The New York Times
Robert Special
renewed investigation into killing of Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles is sending repercussions through pol and econ life of Ariz well beyond issue of slaying itself; details (M)
Date: 13 July 1976
Columbia Univ on July 12 names 10 journalists to be Walter Bagehot fellows in business and econ reptg at its Graduate School of Journalism; winners listed (S)
Date: 13 July 1976
AP and UPI tell FCC that agency has neither right nor need to regulate their audio news services sold to radio stations; comments are filed in opposition to petition by Mutual Broadcasting System to have audio services brought under rules that apply to networks (S)
Date: 13 July 1976
By PHILIP SHABECOFF Special to The New York Times
Philip Special
Ron Nessen says reshuffling of Ford public information staff is not designed to enhance Ford's campaign efforts (S)
Date: 13 July 1976
Taxi driver Stephen Zimmerman returns camera equipment left in his cab to Kimberly Mills, reporter for Anderson, SC, Ind and Daily Mail, in NYC to cover Dem Natl Conv (S)
Date: 12 July 1976
Pres Ford's TV adviser Robert Mead resigns after criticism of his performance by White House press sec Ron Nessen; Nessen referred to complaints from PBS staff and from newspaper TV critics of telecast of White House dinner for Queen Elizabeth (S)