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Political Off Topic Democrat Kyrsten Sinema wins Arizona US Senate seat
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Tomcal POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Commack, NY, USA |
posted 11-12-2018 08:30 PM
Democrat Kyrsten Sinema wins Arizona US Senate seat Associated Press 11-12-2018 PHOENIX (AP) -- Democrat Kyrsten Sinema won Arizona's open U.S. Senate seat Monday in a race that was among the most closely watched in the nation, beating Republican Rep. Martha McSally in the battle to replace GOP Sen. Jeff Flake. The three-term congresswoman won after a slow vote count that dragged on for nearly a week after voters went to the polls on Nov. 6. She becomes Arizona's first Democratic U.S. senator since 1994. Her win cemented Arizona as a swing state after years of Republican dominance. Sinema portrayed herself as a moderate who works across the aisle to get things done. McSally, a former Air Force pilot who embraced President Donald Trump after opposing him during the 2016 elections, had claimed that Sinema's anti-war protests 15 years ago disqualified her and said one protest amounted to what she called "treason." But during her six years in Congress, Sinema built one of most centrist records in the Democratic caucus, and she voted for bills backed by Trump more than 60 percent of the time. She backed legislation increasing penalties against people in the country illegally who commit crimes. McSally's attacks on Sinema reached back more than 15 years, when Sinema was a Green Party spokeswoman and liberal activist. McSally backed Trump's tax cut, border security and the Affordable Care Act repeal agenda as she survived a three-way GOP primary in August, defeating two conservative challengers who claimed her support for Trump was fake. McSally also campaigned on her military record and support for the Armed Forces. Sinema attacked McSally's leadership of last year's failed Affordable Care Act repeal effort as a sign that she would not protect Arizona residents with preexisting medical conditions. McSally argued that she would protect patients, despite her vote on the bill that would have removed many of those protections. The contest drew more than $90 million in spending, including more than $58 million by outside groups, according to Federal Election Commission reports. Attack ads by both sides clogged the airwaves for months. Sinema, 42, has a law degree, worked as a social worker and was a political activist in her 20s, running as an independent Green Party candidate for the Arizona House. She then became a Democrat and served several terms in the state Legislature. Sinema started as an overt liberal but developed a reputation for compromise among her Republican peers, laying the groundwork to tack to the center. When the 9th Congressional District was created after the 2010 Census, Sinema ran for the Phoenix-area seat as a centrist and won the 2012 election. McSally, 52, was the first female Air Force pilot to fly in combat, flying A-10 attack jets. She also was the first woman to command a fighter squadron, again in A-10s. McSally lost her first race in Arizona's 2nd congressional district in 2012, when she was narrowly defeated by Democratic Rep. Ron Barber, who replaced Rep. Gabby Giffords after she was wounded in a 2011 assassination attempt. But McSally came back to win the 2014 election, beating Barber by a narrow margin. She was re-elected in 2016. Flake was an outspoken critic of Trump and announced in 2017 that he would not seek re-election, acknowledging he could not win a GOP primary in the current political climate. His support of the president's initiatives, however, was mixed. He strongly backed last year's tax cut bill but criticized Trump's positions on free trade. |
StingRay POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Elk Grove Village, IL, USA |
posted 11-13-2018 09:35 AM
Arizona Election ... Republican Governor won by 328,000 votes Democrat Senator is winning by 32,000 votes Republican Governor won Maricope County by 325,000 votes Sineme winning Maricope by 32,000 Almost 350,000 vote swing to democrat Senator Odd ... wouldn't you say? |
silverkat POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:upstate NY |
posted 11-13-2018 10:35 AM
Breaking News Tommie ,as you know, ate one of Gerald Nadler's turds. Loved it so much has contacted Nadler and requested more... |
BeWare POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Acworth , Georgia , USA |
posted 11-13-2018 11:57 AM
quote: Sounds to me like the Democrats will not be able to count on her to vote strictly on party lines. If that holds true then that's certainly okay by me. Would I prefer McSally would have won? You bet! But this could turn out to be an acceptable alternative. At least she is not some progressive / socialist left wing wacko. |
ALLEY CAT POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:mesa, az, USA |
posted 11-13-2018 12:11 PM
Sinema is a phony,,, her tv ads showed her as a Independent, but she is a liberal when truly exposed. She is against border wall, is against arresting or deporting illegals, supports sanctuary cities, supports the Dreamer kids, doesn't support Border Patrol or law enforcement officers in the field, and is for higher taxes. Unknown to most, who are fooled by her colored blonde hair and white tone skin, she claims to be of Latino heritage. Can't trust her,,she will say and support anything if she thinks it will advance her. Her ambition is to be first lady president ....God Help Us! |
silverkat POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:upstate NY |
posted 11-13-2018 12:27 PM
She also likes when Americans join the Taliban to fight against America. Nadler's Turds are destroying Tommie's brain cell... |
ALLEY CAT POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:mesa, az, USA |
posted 11-13-2018 02:19 PM
Right on S/K... . . http://youtu.be/mqRPZjkNr98 . . . |
StingRay POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Elk Grove Village, IL, USA |
posted 11-13-2018 04:25 PM
AC, perhaps you can comment, but spoke to a likewise very conservative, or self described Libertarian, that McSally (who he DID vote for) seemed to run a "defense mode" campaign, that the democrat was far more organized, clearer message (regardless if fake) and that McSally was simply attacking her opponent or defending herself as oppose to giving the "here's what I am going to do" routine over and over .... is it possible the folks who managed McSally's campaign really screwed up? OR is it a case, like Florida, of election tampering that is just less blatant than the Fools in Florida? |
ALLEY CAT POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:mesa, az, USA |
posted 11-13-2018 04:51 PM
Ray,,, That probably is a good scenario on your friend's part. McSally spent too much time in northern, eastern, and western AZ because she most likely thought that Maricopa County, with 65% registered Repub voters, were going to vote for her like they did for Gov. Ducey (R). Southern AZ, Tucson and Yuma areas, always go with the Liberal Dumbocrats and there wasn't much of a need to campaign there. I believe McSally's staff just underestimated the Maricopa County votes, and it cost her the election. Martha did go on the attack,,exposing Sinema's past weaknesses and her fully liberal views.....while Sinema kept denying those particular claims and issues. Uniformed voters just went with Sinema without knowing 'who she really is'. Must be like the television blonde weather gals to report the weather.....they come across better I guess? We'll see how the new lesbo Senator does on the job,,,I bet she will vote with the Dems in the Senate. Maybe if the Hildabeast decides to run again in 2020,,she can take along Sinema as her running partner > Les-B-Buddies |
StingRay POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Elk Grove Village, IL, USA |
posted 11-13-2018 05:06 PM
No way, new Senator enjoys chomping the rug? Maybe she can team with Stormy Daniels in an epic movie thriller .... could co-star the hildabeast too, since they ALL have same thing in common |
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