Gallego announces campaign for Sinema Senate seat
Posted on AllSides January 23rd, 2023
From The Center
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) announced on Monday that he would be running for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (I-Ariz.) Senate seat, teeing up the possibility of an incumbent-on-incumbent general election challenge against the senator.
“Growing up poor, all I had was the American dream. It kept me going: as a kid sleeping on the floor, a student scrubbing toilets, a Marine losing brothers in Iraq,” Gallego said in a post on Twitter announcing his candidacy.
“Today, too many Arizonans see their dream slipping away,” Gallego added. “I’m running for the U.S. Senate to win it...