Hundreds of Sinema's Democratic donors migrate to Gallego

[In It to Win It]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hundreds-sinema-democratic-donors-migrate-013100731.html

Since Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., left the Democratic Party last year, she’s shed hundreds of donors who now give to the Democrat hoping to take her place in the U.S. Senate.

Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., has raised at least $393,000 in the first quarter of 2023 from more than 300 donors who previously gave to Sinema’s Senate campaign, according to an analysis of campaign finance records from the Arizona Republic.

The sum represents about one in four dollars Gallego raised from publicly disclosed donors in the first quarter, per the Republic, and was more than the $307,000 Sinema raised in the same time period from her own former donors.

“Sinema has repeatedly broken promises and left working Arizonans behind,” Rebecca Katz, a top consultant to the Gallego campaign, said in a statement to Deseret News. “She’s lost their trust — that’s why her donors are lining up behind Ruben and his vision for Arizona’s future.”

[BeckyDem]

1. Thank you. You just made my day.

K&R

[dlk]

2. Go Ruben!

He will make a terrific senator!

[2naSalit]

3. Really good news!

[grantcart]

4. All of the ones living in Arizona

[Cha]

5. So Good to hear!! TY!

And No Shit on their Reasons!

[ancianita]

6. Great news. I've heard that his campaign donations top hers.

https://ktar.com/story/5484663/ruben-gallego-raises-3-74m-to-kyrsten-sinemas-2-1m-in-us-senate-race-1st-quarter/

I've donated to him twice, so I'm pleased that he's getting more big money support.

[Axelrods_Typewriter]

7. I've been in a bummed out mood all day, thanks for the LIFT!

[niyad]

20. Welcome to our DU family. One can always find a mood-lifter here.

[gopiscrap]

42. welcome to DU

[H2O Man]

8. Recommended.

[RandySF]

9. I gave Sinema $25 in 2018.

I will give to Gallego early next year.

[calimary]

11. I did, too. Won't make that mistake again

Good to know about Gallego!

[yellowdogintexas]

21. me too. I have never been so disappointed in a candidate

that I supported.

No Mas from me

I got an email from her, asking my concerns. I should have replied that my main concern was her behavior and that I was donating to Gallego

I don't even live in Arizona

[calimary]

23. Neither do I. I have a cousin there.

But I’m not an Arizonan.

[Vogon_Glory]

36. I was another of her small-dollar donors. If her campaign asks me again

I’ll say: “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.”

[Omaha Steve]

10. Donate to Gallego with our unofficial DU link here

Because the DU is neutral in Democratic races, this is not an official link until Ruben wins the primary next year. PLEASE help keep this kicked today.

We have raised $753 as of this post.

Donate with our DU link here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/duforgallego

[Joinfortmill]

12. Don't vote for former Green Party candidates. Sinema & Stein both were. Remember this?

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/guess-who-came-dinner-flynn-putin-n742696

[3catwoman3]

40. Vividly.

[CatWoman]

13. Hey Kyrsten

[SouthBayDem]

14. 2006 had two case studies in third party candidates.

The US senate election in Connecticut had Joe Lieberman run on a third party ticket after he lost the D primary to Ned Lamont. Lieberman won with 49.7% of the vote, Lamont 39.7%, and the Republican candidate 9.6%.

In Texas, two independent candidates had high profiles. Republican Rick Perry won with 39% of the vote, Democrat Chris Bell 29.8%, and the two ind candidates 20.5%.

Does Sinema have as much cross ticket appeal as Lieberman had? Clearly not, given the likes of Kari Lake who dominated Arizona’s losing R ticket last year.

[yellowdogintexas]

22. Chris Bell might have won that race if it had just been between

him and Gov Goodhair

[SouthBayDem]

26. Kinky Friedman might as well be the Ralph Nader of Texas

I get the sense Bell would’ve lost re-election in 2010 given the national disfavoring of Democrats that year (similar to 1994 or 1980).

[quakerboy]

34. I think we all know shes not winning, or even doing well. Thats not the point.

Her donors dont want her to win. She knows full well she couldnt win a primary, which was why she went indy. And she knows full well she would likely lose a GE even without a democrat in the race.

They are just paying her to shave a few points off the democrat via name recognition, then get out of the way. thats what shes being paid for.

[AZ8theist]

15. I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO DONATE TO RUBEN.

As for Sinema the CIRCUS CLOWN:
If she FUCKING DARES to ask me for donation, I will sue her for the return of the $$thousands I gave her last time.

[AverageOldGuy]

16. What a shame . . .

. . . I'm just heartbroken.

[marble falls]

17. Only hundreds? It's still early.

[TeamProg]

18. K&R Thanks for posting. n/t

[Fla Dem]

19. Good, she was a flash in the pan attention seeker.

[UTUSN]

24. Let's *GO*!

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

25. how has Sinema raised any $$?

[quakerboy]

33. The right needs her in the race

[Takket]

27. What I'd like to know, is how the DNC is going to make sure nothing like Sinema ever happens again

Manchin I understand. I don't like him, but I know the line he has to walk and the sacrifices Dems have to make to have a blue seat in WV.

But Sinema pulled the wool over EVERYONE'S eyes and was a major line of defense for the GOP, derailing many of our goals in the Senate. nothing like her can EVER happen again.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

30. Good grief

You're that ill-informed about how the DNC works?

The DNC does not choose candidates. They leave candidate selections to local parties to some degree, but mostly to voters. They are a support for candidates (providing access to donors, consultants and other staffers, giving them proprietary polling data, helping set up websites, and so forth), they host the convention where the party delegates (NOT the DNC) chooses presidents, but they are NOT a kingmaker, in any way, shape or form. The DNC may provide donor lists and the rest, but the candidates are responsible for what they do with that info. No one else.

So for someone like Sinema, vetting her would have been through the Arizona state party and the voters. Not the DNC.

Being hands-off about campaigns, rather than micromanagers of the process is one of the things that makes true the adage about dealing with Democrats as being like herding cats, but it's also a strength in how it keeps the politics local--and in the hands of the voters. It's why an Elizabeth Warren can run and win in MA, while a Joe Manchin runs and wins in WV--both reflect the states they come from, rather than following the lockstep "ein volk, ein reich, ein fuhrer" of that other party.

Or, to put it another way, the DNC is bottom up control, in contrast to the top down micromanaged control of the RNC.

[dobleremolque]

28. I'm one of them!

Orgulloso inmigrante yo! ("Proud migrant, here!)

[lees1975]

29. I grew up in Arizona, don't live there now but gave to Sinema when she ran against McSally

as a Democrat, and won.

And so, I now also gave to Gallego, at the outset of his campaign, and will continue to do so.

So I guess I am also one of those donors. I hope it helps, and I think it will.

[sprinkleeninow]

31. ...

[quakerboy]

32. That was in the plan. Noone wants her to win

But clearly she is either receiving or expecting to receive enough financial incentive to stay in the race. Whether that be donations or a job offer for after she loses her seat.

The Republicans dont need or want her to win. They just want her to shave enough points off of the Democrat to allow a Republican to win.

[onetexan]

35. She'll have her ass handed to her soon enough

That opportunistic snake w get what's coming to her.

[quakerboy]

41. Again, thats her position now

She was never going to win re-election and also get the personal payouts she wants.

So shes being paid to run. Not to win. To run. Sometimes running a spoiler works. Sometimes it doesnt. And Arizona is new enough in the blue column to be worth the investment to the people paying her.

[GreenWave]

37. Happy days are here again.

[LiberalFighter]

38. For those interested. Site provides information on key votes and how they fare with others.

She is further right than Collins and Murkowski.
GovTrack[link:https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/kyrsten_sinema/412509|

[Blue Owl]

39. K&R