Dems trying not to upset Kyrsten Sinema despite wanting to oust her in 2024

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
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Democrats in Arizona are becoming impatient as the head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), has said his committee is “neutral” on the Senate race brewing between bisexual Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) and her opponent Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ).

While Sinema hasn’t officially declared that she’ll run for re-election in 2024 — and isn’t doing the expected petitioning, campaigning, and fundraising to run — she nonetheless filed paperwork to run in April 2023.

Sinema left the Democratic Party to become an Independent last December. If she runs as an Independent in the 2024 Arizona Senate race, she could split Democratic voters, helping an anti-LGBTQ+ Republican win the seat.

In the meantime, Senate Democrats seem eager not to upset Sinema since they need her continued support to pass important Democratic measures in the upper Congressional chamber. This strategy is at odds with two facts: first, Sinema’s votes have…

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