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Sinema’s split from Democrats shows party discord in Arizona

FILE - Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing Sept. 14, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sinema won Democrats a Senate seat from Arizona for the first time in a generation thanks in no small part to unity in her party and division among Republicans. Since then, Democrats have picked up the other Senate seat and won the top three state offices. But that winning formula is in jeopardy because of Sinema's estrangement and divorce from the Democratic Party, a situation that could complicate President Joe Biden's path to reelection and the party's hopes for maintaining control of the Senate. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) FILE - Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks to reporters following Senate passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 29, 2022. Sinema won Democrats a Senate seat from Arizona for the first time in a generation thanks in no small part to unity in her party and division among Republicans. Since then, Democrats have picked up the other Senate seat and won the top three state offices. But that winning formula is in jeopardy because of Sinema's estrangement and divorce from the Democratic Party, a situation that could complicate President Joe Biden's path to reelection and the party's hopes for maintaining control of the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE - Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., arrives for a meeting of the Senate Homeland Security Committee at the Capitol in Washington, Aug. 3, 2022. Sinema won Democrats a Senate seat from Arizona for the first time in a generation thanks in no small part to unity in her party and division among Republicans. Since then, Democrats have picked up the other Senate seat and won the top three state offices. But that winning formula is in jeopardy because of Sinema's estrangement and divorce from the Democratic Party, a situation that could complicate President Joe Biden's path to reelection and the party's hopes for maintaining control of the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Sinema’s split from Democrats shows party discord in Arizona