# Sinema leaves the Democratic Party to become an independent

Date: 2022

On 9 December 2022 Senator [Kyrsten Sinema](/people/kyrsten-sinema) of Arizona announced that she had registered as an independent and left the Democratic Party. She kept her committee assignments through the Democratic majority, so the move was not expected to alter the balance of power in the Senate.

## People

- Kyrsten Sinema: https://factrail.ai/people/kyrsten-sinema

## Sources

- https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-kyrsten-sinema-leaves-democratic-party-registers-independent-rcna60911
- https://www.npr.org/2022/12/09/1141827943/sinema-leaves-democratic-party-independent

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/sinema-leaves-democratic-party-2022-12-09