Elections

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announces she will not run for reelection

FILE -Then Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., arrives for a meeting of the Senate Homeland Security Committee at the Capitol in Washington, Aug. 3, 2022. Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has announced that she won’t run for a second term. Her decision Tuesday comes after her estrangement from the Democratic Party left her politically homeless and without a clear path to reelection. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

J. Scott Applewhite

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Tuesday she will not run for re-election in 2024.

Sinema, who was elected as a Democrat and as the first openly bisexual senator in 2018 but switched to independent in 2022, was falling behind in the three-way Senate race between herself, Democrat Ruben Gallego, and Republican Kari Lake.

In the video statement on the social media platform X, Sinema reiterated her love for the state of Arizona and blamed partisanship for putting an end to her time as Senator.

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