Kyrsten Sinema facts for kids
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Kyrsten Sinema
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United States Senator from Arizona |
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Assumed office January 3, 2019 Serving with Mark Kelly |
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Preceded by | Jeff Flake |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 9th district |
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In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019 |
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Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Greg Stanton |
Member of the Arizona Senate from the 15th district |
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In office January 10, 2011 – January 3, 2012 |
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Preceded by | Ken Cheuvront |
Succeeded by | David Lujan |
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 15th district |
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In office January 10, 2005 – January 10, 2011 |
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Preceded by | Wally Straughn Ken Clark |
Succeeded by | Lela Alston Katie Hobbs |
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Kyrsten Lea Sinema
July 12, 1976 Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
Political party | Independent (before 2004) Democratic (2004–present) |
Education | Brigham Young University (BA) Arizona State University (MSW, JD, PhD) |
Kyrsten Lea Sinema ( born July 12, 1976) is an American politician. Sinema is the senior United States Senator from Arizona since January 3, 2019. She was the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 9th congressional district. She was first elected in 2012.
Sinema is a member of the Democratic Party. She served in both chambers of the State Legislature, being elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2004 and the Arizona Senate in 2010.
Sinema has worked for the adoption of the DREAM Act, pro-immigration reforms and supports same-sex marriage. She was the first openly bisexual person elected to the U.S. Congress.
Sinema ran in the United States Senate election in Arizona in 2018 to replace Senator Jeff Flake, who retired from the seat. She won the Democratic nomination in August 2018 and defeated Republican Martha McSally.
Sinema is the first female senator elected in Arizona and the second openly LGBT person ever to serve in the Senate, after Tammy Baldwin.
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Sinema, then a State Representative, attending a protest at the Arizona State Capitol on the day of the SB 1070's signing