Arizona Congressman and progressive Iraq War veteran Ruben Gallego just announced that he is running for U.S. Senate against Kyrsten Sinema. That’s big news!
Ruben Gallego has a long history of fighting for progressive causes and a proven track record of electability in Arizona -- a state that proved in 2020 and 2022 that real Democrats can win statewide.
Kyrsten Sinema hurt all Americans this past cycle by tanking universal child care, voting rights, and efforts to tax billionaires so they pay their fair share. Then, she switched her party affiliation from Democrat to Independent.
An Arizona poll in December showed that in a 3-way race between Democrat Ruben Gallego, Republican Kari Lake, and (now) Independent Kyrsten Sinema, Sinema would only get 13% of the vote. The Democrat and the Republican polled in a dead-heat.
When Sinema announced she would switch her party affiliation, national news media from Roll Call and The Hill to the New York Times covered our push to replace Kyrsten Sinema with a real Democrat in Arizona.
New York Times: The Progressive Change Campaign Committee acerbically headlined its reaction to the news on Friday a "statement on Kyrsten Sinema leaving Democratic Party to spend more time with her Wall Street family."
The Hill: "She should join her friends on Wall Street in 2024, and Democrats should nominate someone truly on the side of the working class who can unite and win Arizona," said Stephanie Taylor, the co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.
Ruben Gallego could be that Democrat.
And our help could make a big difference in this race, just like it did for John Fetterman and Catherine Cortez Masto in 2022.
John Fetterman (PA-Sen) said: "THANK YOU, PCCC. Thank you, thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for everything you have done to get us to this point. It really means the world to me, Gisele + our whole campaign family. ❤️❤️❤️"
Catherine Cortez-Masto (NV-Sen), who won the seat experts gave Republicans the best chance to flip, told PCCC members "I appreciate everything the PCCC has done for this campaign and for the hard-earned, grassroots dollars thousands of PCCC members have invested in this race."
What do you think? Should the PCCC endorse Ruben Gallego for U.S. Senate in Arizona? Answer here.
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
-- The PCCC Team (@BoldProgressive)
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