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Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema hugs veteran John Soden after telling his story to lawmakers to stump for appropriations to establish a medical research center in Arizona to deal with traumatic brain injuries on Feb. 24, 2025, in Phoenix.
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U.S. Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., visit the U.S.-Mexico border in Somerton, Ariz., near the Cocopah Indian Reservation boundary on Jan. 10, 2023.
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), center, on the House Floor before Isaac Herzog, President of Israel, addresses a Joint Meeting of Congress on July 19, 2023, in Washington, DC. Herzog is only the second Israeli President to address a Joint Meeting of Congress. His father, Chaim Herzog, addressed Congress when he was President of Israel in 1987.
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) speaks as (L-R) Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) listen during a news conference after a procedural vote for the bipartisan infrastructure framework at Dirksen Senate Office Building July 28, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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Ranking member of the Senate subcommittee on aviation and space Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) opening remarks before Daniel Elwell, Acting FAA Administrator, Robert Sumwalt, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board, Calvin Scovel, Inspector General, Department of Transportation, speak before the Senate subcommittee on aviation and space on the recent crashes of the 737 Max 8 airplanes at a hearing in Washington, DC on March 27, 2019.
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Vice President Mike Pence officiates ceremonial swearing of Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) in the Old Senate Chambers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 3, 2019.
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Kyrsten Sinema, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate appears at get-out-the-vote event with members of the Veterans for Sinema coalition and volunteers on Nov. 1, 2018 in Phoenix, Ariz.
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Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate talks with Rivko Knox outside a polling center on Nov. 6, 2018 at the Burton Barr Central Library in Phoenix, Ariz. Sinema is running against Republication Martha McSally.
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Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, who is vying for a U.S. Senate seat for Arizona speaks with Arizona Republic reporter Yvonne Wingett Sanchez in Phoenix on Wednesday, October 17, 2018.
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Kyrsten Sinema high fives volunteer Bob Miller at her field office in Phoenix, Ariz. August 28. 2018. Sinema is vying for the Democratic nomination for the open U.S. Senate seat.
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Former U.S. Senator from Arizona Kyrsten Sinema talks with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in the hallways of the U.S. Capitol during the weekly Senate Policy Luncheon on Dec. 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. Following the meeting, senate leadership discussed a vote expected this week on a Democratic proposal to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies.
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Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema speaks during an Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry event at the Arizona Biltmore on April 6, 2023, in Phoenix.
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Former President Joe Biden with Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on Aug. 8, 2023, at the historic Red Butte Airfield near Tusayan, Arizona.
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Sens. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., listen to President Joe Biden during his State of the Union address on Feb. 7, 2023.
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U.S. Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, D.-Ariz., (left) and Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., share a moment after arriving in the U.S. Senate Building at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., for a night vote on Feb. 4, 2019.
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