On Monday morning, Democratic Representative Ruben Gallego of Arizona declared his bid for the United States Senate, setting up a showdown with independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema in 2024. (AZ).
Democrats have “encouraged” leftist Marine Corps veteran and failed Senate candidate Ruben Gallego to challenge Kyrsten Sinema in 2020. Gallego is a staunch opponent of Sinema. He has been a vocal opponent of Sinema. Thus the news of his candidacy may come as a shock to him.
In 2015, he was elected to Congress after releasing a bilingual campaign film on his military experiences and upbringing by an American single parent.
After displaying a video of himself talking to veterans about his plans to run for the Senate, Gallego remarked, “The affluent and the powerful, they don’t need more supporters.” Anybody deciding between putting food on the table and keeping the lights on at home will need a protector.
In a separate statement, he criticized Sinema, claiming she had “abandoned Arizona,” “repeatedly betrayed her vows,” and “worked for the interests of big pharma and Wall Street at our expense.”
Gallego has spent weeks staffing up for his campaign against Sinema and getting ready for debates. Since he will lead the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’s political action committee, BOLD PAC, he will have access to its resources.
Sinema has yet to indicate whether or not she would seek reelection formally, and if so, whether or not she will run as a Democrat primary candidate or as a third-party candidate, which would result in a split ticket on election night and offer an edge to a strong Republican contender.
She is still deliberating her next steps. She has submitted campaign paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for the 2024 election cycle, saying that she has switched parties so that her campaign committee may continue raising money until she makes up her mind.
Sinema could run for office for a third party if the Democrats don’t pick her as their nominee in the primary. A third-party contender’s potential to divide the vote might aid a Republican’s chances of winning the election. In an article published earlier this month, Politico discussed a possible strategy for the Arizona senator’s party to avoid a contentious Democratic primary. This may still be a terrible situation for the team.
The Republican candidate for a Senate seat who wins the most excellent support from moderates and liberals is the one who will be elected. The Democrats have recently become ambivalent about taking part. However, they may have to choose between endorsing Sinema, endorsing the Democratic primary winner, or doing nothing.
Given the precariousness of the Democrats’ 51-seat majority in the Senate, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) may have to spend millions of dollars protecting left-wing assets like Kyrsten Sinema and other Democrats seeking reelection in states that have trended Republican in recent years.
Sinema, according to Axios, has a great chance of winning in Arizona since voters there tend to choose centrist politicians. In the most recent election, those who voted following commonly accepted “political criteria” were more successful. There is about an equal distribution of Democrats, Republicans, and independents among the state’s voters.