RUBEN GALLEGO

There’s no shortage of Democratic senators in danger of losing their seats in 2024. Joe Manchin in ruby-red West Virginia. Jon Tester in solidly Republican Montana. Sherrod Brown in ever-more-conservative Ohio. And their colleagues in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Michigan — four of the purplest places on the map.

But if the latest polls are to be believed, no Senate incumbent is in as much trouble as Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema. Yet after years spent alienating progressives and blockingmajorparts of President Biden's agenda, Sinema quit the Democratic Party in December and reregistered as an independent. “The problem isn’t that Sen. Sinema abandoned the Democratic Party, it’s that she’s abandoned Arizona,” Gallego said in Monday’s statement. In January 2022, the Arizona Democratic Party voted to formally censure Sinema over her refusal to adjust the filibuster to pass new voting rights legislation. Polling that month showed Sinema with a 19% approval rating among Arizona Democratic primary voters, versus 83% for Kelly and 80% for Biden.

More than 27,000 donations contributed to Gallego's haul, breaking a state record previously held by incumbent Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly, the campaign said.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego says he’ll challenge independent U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona in 2024. Sinema left the Democratic Party in December and hasn't said whether she'll seek a second term. (Jan. 23) (Production: Nathan Ellgren)

The announcement makes Gallego the first candidate in what could be a three-way race for Sinema's Arizona Senate seat.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema will have the last say on who replaces her and in the meantime plans to do something shocking: Govern.

Gallego said he'd fight for normal people struggling to make ends meet and losing faith in politicians. He said he and Sinema both come from “modest to poor means" but have taken different paths in Congress. "I'm better for this job than Kyrsten Sinema because I haven't forgotten where I came from," Gallego told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview. He moved to Arizona to join his Harvard girlfriend, who had become active in Democratic politics in the state. Gallego was elected in 2010 to the state Legislature, where Sinema also served for one of his two terms.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego says he’ll challenge independent U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona in 2024.

Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, a liberal firebrand and prominent Latino lawmaker, announced Monday he'll challenge independent U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in 2024, becoming the first candidate to jump into the race and setting up a potential three-way contest. Gallego said he'd fight for normal people struggling to make ends meet and losing faith in politicians. “I'm better for this job than Kyrsten Sinema because I haven’t forgotten where I came from,” Gallego told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview.

Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., is set to launch a Senate bid against independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in 2024 and will be announcing his bid via a bilingual video released Monday.

Gallego, an outspoken liberal Democrat, has long been critical of Sinema, who dropped her party identification as a Democrat to be an independent just after the party won the Senate last year.

A group of 46 Democratic lawmakers has sent a letter to President Joe Biden demanding former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s diplomatic visa be canceled in the wake of the rampage in Brazil’s capital by his supporters.

Lawmakers who eagerly accepted piles of cash from Samuel Bankman-Fried now can’t move fast enough to offload contributions from the disgraced crypto mogul to anywhere but their own campaign coffers.

Arizona Democratic Congressman Ruben Gallego said in a recent interview that "some senators" are encouraging him to run against independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in 2024.

If Sen. Kyrsten Sinema runs for a second term as an independent, the national party would face pressure to decide whether to back her over a Democrat, prompting a dilemma for her colleagues.

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyIn Washington, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s decision to leave the Democratic Party last week landed like a black cloud over the party’s sunny post-election victory lap.But back in Arizona, her move came across like something else entirely.“Her party switch is an electoral hand grenade,” one Arizona Democratic operative told The Daily Beast, “and she just pulled the pin.”While Sinema publicly framed her move as a critique of partisanship and

The senator’s decision to register as an independent has more to do with her home-state politics than any policy priorities in Congress.

Democrats celebrating a successful effort to keep control of the U.S. Senate this year will soon confront a 2024 campaign that could prove more challenging.

Hispanic voters are crucial to the Senate and gubernatorial races in Arizona. Left-leaning Latino activists have propelled Democrats to power in the former red state of Arizona.

“The question is, will young Latino voters come out and vote? Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly is counting on those Latino voters to help him repeat his victory in a special election two years ago. They ultimately helped deliver a victory for Kyrsten Sinema, the first Democrat to win an Arizona Senate race in two decades. “But there’s no amount of votes we can pick up in the suburbs that makes up for a drop off in Latino voters. “The Latino voters I talked to are sick and tired of the wide open southern border,” Masters said.

The turnout machine that left-leaning Latino activists have built since Arizona enacted a tough crackdown on immigrants will be put to the test in Tuesday's election.

The arrival of rain, snow and cold threaten to stalemate the war, and bring even greater misery for civilians trapped in the fighting.

Salon published a piece suggesting that the controversial term "Latinx" is out-of-touch, due to the fact it is rarely used by the people it was coined to help identify.

Numerous transportation projects across the U.S. will be getting a slice of $2.2 billion of new federal funding.

Sen. Joe Manchin sealed the deal reviving President Joe Biden’s big economic, health care and climate bill.

What you need to know about UFOs What you need to know about UFOs (NCD)Lawmakers are trying to find out if the truth is out there. >> Read more trending newsThe House of Representatives has approved an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that will establish a reporting system in which members of the military and other government employees can report UFO sightings, Fox News reported. The system would be secure and would “prevent unauthorized public reporting or compromise of properly classified military and intelligence systems, programs, and related activities,” The Hill reported. During the proceedings, top-ranking military members said there had been about 400 reports of UFO encounters, according to The Hill. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., asked if wreckage from a UFO had been examined by officials.

Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego says a former aide's testimony shows how Trump put US Capitol Police officers in the path of an armed mob.

Climate Latino Activism Masavi Perea, organizing director for Chispa Arizona, walks along the pathway of the community garden May 18, 2022, in Phoenix. After experiencing global warming's firsthand effects, U.S. Latinos are leading the way in activism around climate change, often drawing on traditions from their ancestral homelands. Now 17, she is a co-founder of Earth Uprising, a climate change education group. Climate policy scholar Michael Méndez, author of the book “Climate Change from the Streets,“ said grassroots organizing is equally important. "For Latinos, climate change is about how to protect our families, our children.”Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Climate Latino Activism Masavi Perea, organizing director for Chispa Arizona, walks along the pathway of the community garden May 18, 2022, in Phoenix. After experiencing global warming's firsthand effects, U.S. Latinos are leading the way in activism around climate change, often drawing on traditions from their ancestral homelands. Now 17, she is a co-founder of Earth Uprising, a climate change education group. Climate policy scholar Michael Méndez, author of the book “Climate Change from the Streets,“ said grassroots organizing is equally important. "For Latinos, climate change is about how to protect our families, our children.”Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Latinos are leading the way in U.S. activism around climate change from grassroots organizing to global advocacy, often drawing on traditions from their ancestral homelands and the experience of effects on their communities.

"I will personally volunteer to help him fundraise because I think we can keep that seat if he runs," the veteran Democratic strategist told Vox.

Wealthy Democratic donors are planning to finance a primary effort against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema as she votes against key pieces of their party's agenda.

Leaders of the Arizona Democratic Party have voted to censure Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.

Sen. Bernie Sanders is suggesting he’d support primary challengers against Democratic colleagues Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.

Books-Congressman-Reporter FILE - Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., speaks during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on July 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Four, as correctly reported by Knickmeyer, were lost when an explosive device erupted under their Amtrac. The way the story made it seem, though, was that an entire platoon of Marines had been killed," Gallego and DeFelice wrote. A spokesperson for Gallego wrote in a statement Friday that while the congressman considers “this matter resolved,” he was not offering an apology. The Washington Post did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The publisher of a memoir by Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona is correcting a passage about a deadly Iraq War battle that falsely alleged a journalist had reported Gallego’s entire platoon was lost.

In a speech delivered Wednesday, the attorney general said the Justice Department "will follow the facts wherever they lead. The actions we have taken thus far will not be our last."

Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego said the Ohio Republican was a traitor to the U.S. Constitution.

Members of the House Armed Services Committee visited Ukraine on a three-day codel over the weekend.

Not many Latinos in America use the term. Even fewer elected officials do.

Rep. Ruben Gallego urged the US to skip the paperwork and evacuate Afghans who assist Americans over the last 20 years.

Swalwell believed the building was secure and precautions were just being taken. But the House Chaplain's unsolicited prayer left him "shaken."

In response, Greene accused Gallego of seeking attention, called him a "coward," and questioned his masculinity.

(AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)PHOENIX – The Phoenix Police Department is investigating after a virtual funeral for civil rights icon and city leader Calvin Coolidge Goode was interrupted Tuesday by hackers yelling racist slurs. “I condemn the racists who disrupted Vice Mayor Goode’s funeral services. “Former councilman Calvin Goode was a civil rights leader who served with honor and distinction. “The hate act that occurred during the celebration of life for Vice Mayor Goode today was atrocious and unforgivable,” Phoenix City Councilman Michael Nowakowski said in a statement. We saw it today at the funeral of Calvin Goode.

One of Calvin C. Goode's sons, Vernon "Zina" Goode, poses with members of his family at the open casket viewing of former Phoenix Vice Mayor and city councilman Calvin C. Goode on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, in Phoenix, Ariz. Goode died on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)PHOENIX – Phoenix city officials, residents and prominent members of the Black community will honor late civil rights icon, city leader and longtime Arizona resident Calvin Coolidge Goode in the coming weeks. In 1977, Stewart said Goode welcomed him to Phoenix and spoke at his installation as pastor of First Institutional. But Stewart said “the most prestigious” memory he had was receiving the Calvin C. Goode Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. Goode was a soft-spoken man, but lion-hearted — an unshakeable force for progress, equality and civil rights," Democratic state Rep. Reginald Bolding said in a statement.

The outcome delighted Democrats and was sure to bring a reckoning for Republicans who have enjoyed decades of dominance in Arizona politics. In turning toward friendly territory for Democrats, Arizona is following a path blazed by its neighbors Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada. It’s also the Democrats’ brightest light among the Sun Belt states they tried to flip from the GOP this year. A decade of work organizing Latinos to vote helped Arizona Democrats outperform other states where Democrats came up short, Gallego said. President Bill Clinton won Arizona in his 1996 reelection bid.

I registered,” said Novoa, a 70-year-old Latina and retired legal secretary who now lives in Peoria, Arizona. She immediately voted in local elections and is eager to cast a ballot for Democrat Joe Biden for president. Newcomers lsuch as Novoa are helping turn Arizona increasingly toward Biden, transforming a state known just a decade ago as a the epicenter of the Republican anti-illegal immigration push into the nation’s newest political battleground. Biden will look to run up the score there and on the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona. Now those voters habituated to voting for Republicans are looking around, and some are finding they’re open to Democrats like Biden, she said.