Kyrsten Sinema
Bio | Kyrsten Sinema is a Democratic Senator from Arizona, serving since 2019. She previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona from 2013 to 2019. She holds a MSW, JD, PhD and MBA from Arizona State University. She was the first openly bisexual woman elected to Congress and the Senate as well as the first woman elected to the Senate from Arizona. |
Status and Position | Current US Senator of Arizona |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, Arizona |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2024 Senate Election Arizona 2 | Arizona 2 | No | N/A | N/A |
Campaign Financing | In 2018, Sinema raised $7 million dollars in campaign funds. |
Voting Rights | No known stance on voting rights. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | For | She helped in creating the Affordable Care Act. She was one of the 32 state legislators appointed by President Barack Obama to the White House Health Reform Task Force, which helped shape the Affordable Care Act. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema |
| Socialized Healthcare | Unknown | No known stance on socialized healthcare. |
| Private Healthcare | Against | She helped draft the Affordable Care Act. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema |
| LGBT Rights | For | She opposed a bill that would ban same sex marriage. She co-chaired a campaign that opposed and defeated Proposition 107, which would have banned the recognition of same sex marriage. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema |
| Taxes | For | She voted in favor of federal stimulus spending. She said, "Raising taxes is more economically sound than cutting vital social services." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | No known stance on flat tax rate. She said, "Raising taxes is more economically sound than cutting vital social services." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema |
| Abortion | For | She supports abortion rights. She indicated that women should have the right to choose. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema |
| Gun Control | For | She supports gun control measures. She supports measures like background checks on gun sales to private citizens. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | No known stance on assissted suicide. She supports measures like background checks on gun sales to private citizens. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema |
| Government Interference | For | She supports government measures on gun control. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema |
| Planned Parenthood | Unknown | No known stance on Planned Parenthood. |
| Welfare | Unknown | No known stance on welfare. |
| Welfare | Unknown | No known stance on Stem Cell Research. |
| Death Penalty | Against | She worked on repealing the death penalty. She said she opposes capital punishment, because she thinks that no civilized society should use it as a punishment. Furthermore, as Arizona has the death penalty she will make sure to make it work justly. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | No known stance on mandatory prison sentencing. |
| Military Spending | For | She voted in favor of a bill that would make improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema |
| War on Terrorism | Against | She opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and helped organize anti-war protests, while she was a law student at Arizona State University. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | She favors aggressive diplomacy. She favors imposing crippling sanctions on rogue states. Furthermore, She opposes the Iran Nuclear Deal and supported President Trump's airstrikes on Syira. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema |
| United Nations power | Unknown | No known stance on United Nations Powers. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | No known stance on nationalism. |
| Free Markets | Unknown | No known stance on free markets. |
| Brexit | Unknown | No known stance on Brexit. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | No known stance on Affirmative Action. |
| Government Spending | Unknown | No known stance on government spending. |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | No known stance on charter schools. |
| Common Core | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Clean Energy | Against | She voted against the Green New Deal. The Green New Deal is a stimulus program that aims to address climate change and economic inequality. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema |
| Religious Freedom | Unknown | No known stance on religious freedom. |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Border Control | For | She co-sponsored the Southwest Border Security Threat Assessment Act. She voted in favor of a bill that calls for border threat analysis of terrorism, smuggling, and human trafficking every five years. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | No known stance on passenger profiling. |
| DACA | For | In 2006, she sponsored a bill urging the adoption of the Dream Act. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | No known stance on sanctuary cities. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | For | She has supported legislation that protects state's legal recreational marijuana. Source: https://www.medicalmarijuanainc.com/news/u-s-senate-race-in-arizona-where-kyrsten-sinema-and-martha-mcsally-stand-on-marijuana-legalization/ |