Decrying that “compromise is a dirty word” in politics now, Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said Tuesday she will not seek reelection this year.
The Arizona independent, who was elected to her current term as a Democrat, was facing an unclear path to victory in a multicandidate field with Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego in the race.
In a statement, Sinema said that despite members of Congress working together to enact laws to modernize infrastructure, ensure clean water and deliver “good jobs and safer communities, Americans still choose to retreat farther to their partisan corners” with outcomes less important “than beating the other guy.”
