Kyrsten Sinema represented Arizona in the U.S. Senate from 2019 to 2025, after serving in the House from 2013 to 2019.
Sinema served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011 and the Arizona State Senate from 2011 to 2012, then represented Arizona’s 9th congressional district in the U.S. House from 2013 to 2019.
Sinema earned a Bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University and graduate degrees from Arizona State University: a Master of Science in 1999, a Juris Doctor in 2004, and a Doctor of Philosophy in 2012. Before public office, Sinema worked as a social worker and lawyer. Sinema served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011 and the Arizona State Senate from 2011 to 2012, represented Arizona’s 9th congressional district in the U.S. House from 2013 to 2019, and served in the U.S. Senate from 2019 to 2025.Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
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