Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., officially launched his Senate campaign on Monday, vying to oust conservative independent Kyrsten Sinema, who left the Democratic Party late last year.
Sinema’s seat has seemed ripe for the picking for years, and Gallego is widely viewed as a formidable challenger.
Back in 2018, Sinema only narrowly defeated Republican nominee Martha McSally, who ran one of the worst campaigns in modern Arizona history, to win her first term in the Senate. The result was revealing, as it showed Sinema lacked a groundswell of support among Democrats. She may have been a preferable alternative to McSally — but many were skeptical of her intentions.
Ultimately, the liberal skeptics were right. During her four years in the Senate, Sinema has arguably accumulated more controversies than accomplishments. In an apparent effort to mold herself in the image of the late conservative Sen. John McCain, she menaced members of her own party by happily obstructing their agenda….
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