could someone else run as an Independent in Arizona?

[ebbie15644]

and in affect primary Sinema?

[hlthe2b]

1. Cindy McCain is an interesting thought...

[walkingman]

2. That might be the best strategy - but a bad situation because of the possibility of

a split ticket.

[CentralMass]

3. That is an interesting thought.

[sarisataka]

4. If a person is independent

As in belongs to no party, who runs the primary?

[SCantiGOP]

9. Independents don't run in primaries

Just general elections.

[sarisataka]

10. Yes, therefore cannot be primaried

And any attempt to dilute the "independent" bloc in a GE would require a candidate with some name recognition and support. Which would be another person potentially pulling votes away from the Democratic candidate. (and of course possibly the Republican as well)

I shudder at the thought of a four way Senate race with all candidates potentially able to win. A plurality would be 25%+1 if the match up is even.

[NowISeetheLight]

5. I miss Janet Napolitano

I think she's chancellor of California State University now? She was governor of AZ when I lived there. I sent her $$$ and actually attended her inaugural celebration downtown. An intelligent lady and a class act.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

8. She was Chancellor

She stepped down a few years ago and IIRC there was some controversy around her time there.
I liked her when she was governor, but her post governor career hasn't been particularly illustrious - her time at Homeland Security laid the groundwork for a lot of the bullshit that's being spouted now - Fast and Furious, etc., and she bailed for Cal State.

[SharonClark]

11. SO...are you suggesting Napolitano run as an Independent because that is the topic of this post.

[NowISeetheLight]

12. Possibly

She won 62.2% of the vote in her last Governors race. The Republican took 35% (a right wing creep named Len Munsil). She had a lot of Republican moderates (including me at the time) vote for her. It would depend on who the R nominate. If Sinema caucuses with the D I would say don't put anyone D in the race. If she goes R, definitely.

[Ocelot II]

6. Anybody can run for anything.

[Gore1FL]

7. They would have to be a member of the party Sinema invented.

And the party she invented would have to have rules for nomination making it possible for the Sinema Party to have a nominee other than Sinema.