Sen. Kyrsten Sinema says she has no interest in becoming a Republican

“No,” Sinema said, adding: “You don’t go from one broken party to another.”

Sinema, who left the Democratic Party in December 2022, has not said whether she plans to run for reelection in 2024.

“I’m not here to talk about elections today,” she Sunday when pressed about her plans.

If she does run, Sinema will, at the least, face challenges from Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego and Republican Mark Lamb, the sheriff of Pinal County. But the senator has used her party transition to call for and end to the rise in the partisanship in Congress.

“I would suggest that what I tried to do in the United States Senate right is to show that we have differences, differences which should be celebrated,” Sinema said Sunday. “That’s an important part of a democracy. But those differences shouldn’t stop us from getting things done.”