There's wariness on Capitol Hill about a three-way race featuring Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz.
Democrats in Washington still know and need Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, keeping reaction to Rep. Ruben Gallego's run publicly muted.Standing adjacent to some brick-and-mortar reminders of his life’s course in Phoenix, Rep. Ruben Gallego zipped through a rags-to-respectability life story to explain his interest in the U.S. Senate.
Whatever their thinking, it wasn’t hard to guess as Gallego rolled out his Senate campaign in Arizona. It stood in contrast to the measured response — when there was one at all — in many corners of Capitol Hill. “So for those on the left that were expecting Senate Democrats to come out quickly against her, they’re going to be disappointed. … For right now, I expect everyone, including Sen. Schumer, to go out of his way to avoid having this debate.”“I’m not following every single thing my colleagues may or may not say about the Arizona Senate race," Kelly said. “To a large extent, their approach is the same as mine.
“We’re really in a strange territory here. It’s entirely possible that Kyrsten Sinema will not run for reelection,” he said. “She is in a kind of limbo position right now, and we know that there’s an awful lot of hostility toward her, especially from Democrats." In the 2018 Senate race, Sinema and Republican Martha McSally each spent more than $20 million. Outside groups poured another $64 million in that race.
Gallego and his supporters have already woven Sinema’s status into a narrative of privilege versus populism. Like many in Congress, Sinema has not held in-person town hall events, even before the pandemic. She has held many small group meetings.Former three-term Sen. Dennis DeConcini, D-Ariz., said he has endorsed Gallego in part because Sinema was unavailable after his efforts to make her the first Democrat from Arizona since he left office in 1995.
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