Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she won't seek reelection, avoiding 3-way race

Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced Tuesday that she wont run for a second term after her estrangement from the Democratic Party left her politically homeless and without a clear path to reelection.Sinemas announcement comes after Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan bill to help secure the border and deliver military aid to Ukraine and Israel, which Sinema spent months negotiating.

Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced Tuesday that she won't run for a second term after her estrangement from the Democratic Party left her politically homeless and without a clear path to reelection.

Sinema's announcement comes after Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan bill to help secure the border and deliver military aid to Ukraine and Israel, which Sinema spent months negotiating. She'd hoped it would be a signature achievement addressing one of Washington's most intractable challenges, as well as a powerful endorsement for her increasingly lonely view that cross-party dealmaking remains possible. But in the end, Sinema's border-security ambitions, and her career in Congress, were swallowed by the partisanship that has paralyzed Congress.