MP Ruben Gallego challenges Kirsten Sinema for a seat in the Arizona Senate

WASHINGTON. On Monday, leftist Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego announced that in 2024 he will challenge new independent senator Kirsten Sinema in an intriguing three-way contest in a presidential election year.

Gallego’s announcement follows Cinema’s announcement last month that she left the Democratic Party and re-registered as an independent.

“Most families feel like they’re one or two paychecks away from ruin — that’s not how we should live in this country,” Gallego, 43, said in a campaign announcement video posted to Twitter on Monday.

“The rich and powerful of this world do not need additional protectors. People who are still trying to choose between groceries and utilities need a fighter jet for them,” he added.

Although Cinema, 46, is no longer a Democrat, she still participates in caucuses with party members in the Senate. However, she has earned praise from Republicans – and ire from Democrats – for her commitment to keeping the legislative obstructionist Senate at 60 votes, and in doing so, scuttled much of President Biden’s agenda.

Although Sinema has yet to officially announce her re-election, she filed paperwork last month to run as an independent in 2024.

In his video message, Gallego, a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, talks about growing up poor by a single mother, going to Harvard as a first-generation college student, serving in Iraq in the Marine Corps and fighting at “very tough times.” “in his life.

“You’ll never fully come back from the war – you’re not the same person anymore,” the Senate said hopefully. “While struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, there were very difficult moments in my life. But I still did not lose hope and moved forward. I have found a new way to continue serving.”

Gallego also seemed to cast a shadow over Blue after her trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week, saying “if you’re more likely to meet the powerful than the powerless, you’re doing the job wrong.” “.

“I’m sorry the politicians let you down, but I’m going to change that,” Gallego told Arizona in the video. “…because you deserve someone to fight for you and fight every day so that you have the same chance at el sueño Americano. [the American dream]”.

Potential candidates in the Republican primary include failed 2022 Senate candidates Blake Masters and Jim Lamon, failed gubernatorial candidate Karrin Taylor Robinson, and Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb.

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