Rep. Gallego announces run for Arizona Senate seat held by Sinema - MSNBC Reports

[TexasTowelie]

Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., has announced he will be running for Senate in Arizona in 2024, challenging Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., after she left the Democratic party. NBC's Vaughn Hillyard reports.

[peppertree]

1. But will this movie have a happy ending?

Because Sinema - knowing she'd be relegated to 3rd party status - would rather be a spoiler.

[Hortensis]

2. A December PPP poll showed Gallego and Kari Lake roughly equal and

Sinema far behind at 13% in a 3-way race. Gallego's somewhat ahead of Lake if it were only the two of them.

It suggests there's little possibility of a third-party win for Sinema and that she's more likely be a spoiler helping Lake defeat Gallego. (Though right now more Dems than Pubs say they'd vote for her, more conservatives say they like her. Makes sense -- we don't like her, she betrayed Democratic voters, so they "own" us through her).

https://ictnews.org/the-press-pool/new-poll-ruben-gallego-would-be-strongest-candidate-for-2024-arizona-senate-race

Fwiw, I don't trust polls these days and ignored them in 2022 -- to my benefit. This one is so far ahead that all it's good for, if honest and competent, is a view at what often shallow and changeable thoughts are now.

[Wayoff]

3. Will Lake want to give up her role ...

... as the “duly-elected governor of Arizona” to run for the Senate?

[Hortensis]

4. :) She wouldn't need to give it up. She owes it to The People,

and to God, to fight on.

[appmanga]

5. So many people trying to donate...

...ActBlue website is down.

At least I'm hoping that's what's going on.