Not long before independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona publicly announced she would not run for reelection, she and Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut had a talk.
For months, the two of them had worked tirelessly alongside Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma to craft a bipartisan deal on immigration. It had been a grueling negotiation, one of the toughest deals of their careers to clinch. But after four months of closed-door haggling, the trio announced their deal. Within hours of its release, it was clear, the plan was not going to pass. When Sinema told Murphy she planned to retire, Murphy says she laid out her rationale.
Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia. “We’re losing some good dealmakers at the end of the 118th Congress.” There is a chance that when Sinema departs, she could be replaced by Republican firebrand Kari Lake, who still believes the election – despite all the evidence to the contrary – was stolen. “When people leave that are inclined to work across the aisle, it matters who they are replaced with,” said Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat from Arizona.
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