Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Six Other Senate Party Defectors

Extreme Mortman · Dec 15, 2022 · 13m

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and the Six Senate Party Defectors.

A new indy band out of Arizona?

Nope -- it's the new episode of C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly."

First, some fun facts:

• Of the six most recent Senate independents, Kyrsten Sinema is only the second from a state not in New England.

• The Senate now has three Independents serving at the same time -- the most ever.

• And Sinema is the first independent or third-party Senator who is a woman.

Since 1890 and before Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in December 2022, 21 Senators changed parties during their Senate service.

In "The Weekly," we remember six of…