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Arizona's Senator Kirsten Cinema is calling it quits as a Democrat.

You know a growing number of Arizona's and people like me just don't feel like we fit

neatly into one party's box or the other.

She's announced that she's now an independent.

We'll take a look at how that move was viewed in her state.

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Arizona Senator Kirsten Cinema spent much of the last two years carving in national

reputation.

She was often a Democratic holdout and contentious legislative battles in an evenly divided

Senate.

But she won't be that Democratic holdout anymore as she switches the D behind her name to an

eye for independent.

This won't spell any immediate changes but it definitely raises questions about her

political future.

She is up for re-election in 2024.

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