{"id":24908,"date":"2022-12-09T12:19:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T12:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/09\/sen-sinema-switches-party-affiliation-to-independent-report\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:59:56","slug":"sen-sinema-switches-party-affiliation-to-independent-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2022\/12\/09\/sen-sinema-switches-party-affiliation-to-independent-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Sinema switches party affiliation to independent: report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said she will change her party affiliation to independent, POLITICO reported, eroding the Democratic party\u2019s slim majority in the chamber just days after Sen. Raphael Warnock was re-elected in Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview, the first-term senator told POLITICO that she will not caucus with Republicans and suggested she intends to vote the same way she has for four years in the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNothing will change about my values or my behavior,\u201d she said, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2022\/12\/08\/how-a-republican-house-majority-will-affect-defense-policy\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20_special_chamber.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How a Republican House majority will affect defense policy<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The GOP will control the House next year, but the narrow lead and conservative divide could complicate their agenda.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sinema targeted moderate Republican and independent women in running for office in 2018 by painting herself as a nonpartisan problem-solver who voted to support former President Donald Trump\u2019s agenda much of the time. Her campaign focused on health care and protections for people with pre-existing conditions, AP reported at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even with the sudden switch, Democrats will still have a workable Senate majority in the next Congress, though it won\u2019t be the 51 seats they assumed with Warnock\u2019s victory. They\u2019re expected to also have the votes to control Senate committees. Sinema\u2019s unexpected move means Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) \u2014 a pivotal swing vote in the 50-50 chamber the past two years \u2014 will hold onto some but not all of his outsized influence in the Democratic caucus, POLITICO said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the interview, Sinema declined to say whether she will run for reelection in 2024. 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