Rep. Gallego announces bid for Sinema’s Arizona Senate seat

Gallego: Senate’s 60-vote rule ‘a tool of obstruction’

Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) said in an interview that the 60-vote threshold in the Senate is “a tool of obstruction” as he officially launches a bid to challenge Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s  (I-Ariz.) Senate seat in the state. During an appearance on Monday on MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell,” host Lawrence O’Donnell asked Gallego…

Gallego is running, Sinema is quiet and Republicans are lining up for Arizona Senate seat

Gallego is the first person to get into the race and the presumed favorite for the Democratic nomination.

Gallego makes it official, announces a run for Sinema's Senate seat - Cronkite News - Arizona PBS

Jan. 23, 2023Gallego makes it official, announces a run for Sinema’s Senate seatPHOENIX - Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Phoenix, made it official Monday, formally announcing a long-anticipated challenge to Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a first-term senator who recently left the Democratic Party to become an independent. The announcement by Gallego, now in his fifth House term, was not a surprise, but it complicates the 2024 election when Democrats will …

US: Democrat Ruben Gallego pursues Sinema's Arizona Senate seat

Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego says he’ll challenge independent U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona in 2024. Sinema left the Democratic Party in December and hasn't said whether she'll seek a second term. (Jan. 23) (Production: Nathan Ellgren)

Rep. Ruben Gallego announces run for Arizona Senate seat held by Kyrsten Sinema

The progressive Latino lawmaker will challenge the newly minted independent Sinema if she chooses to run for a second six-year term representing the swing state.

Rep. Gallego announces bid for Sinema’s Arizona Senate seat

Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, a liberal firebrand and prominent Latino lawmaker, announced Monday he'll challenge independent U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in 2024, becoming the first candidate to jump into the race and setting up a potential three-way contest.Gallego said he'd fight for normal people struggling to make ends meet and losing faith in politicians. He said he and Sinema both come from “modest to poor means" but have taken different pat…