Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Spent $800,000 Of Campaign Funds In 3 Months On Personal Luxuries Including First-Class Plane Tickets & Concerts

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Arizona) spent hundreds of thousands of dollars she raised on personal luxuries.

Sinema once criticized politicians for using campaign funds for personal expenses. In 2018, Sinema stated, “Arizonans are sick and tired of seeing Washington bureaucrats use their hard-earned tax dollars for personal gain.”

In 2024, Sinema spent $796,565 between October to December 2023. The money went to hotels, a new Chevrolet, concerts and first-class airplane tickets. Roughly $270,000 went to her security, including a new vehicle for a friend. Sinema has also spent money on cars in London and Paris despite no records of any reasoning for costs overseas.

Sinema will face stiff challenges if she decides to run for a second term. USA Today called out the irony of Sinema’s spending spree: “It is. . . idiotic for a supposed public servant to pamper herself on the public’s dime.”

Sinema has found success in fundraising and attracting donors. The senator has shared a potential event for donors to spend the weekend with her, but Sinema has yet to hold a public event.

In 2022, Sinema changed party affiliation from Democratic to Independent. She made headlines for blocking much of President Joe Biden‘s agenda in the Senate during his first two years in office, earning the ire of Democrats and the praise of Republicans.

She had run as a populist Democrat and then did the bidding of corporate interests in the Senate.

She has not announced whether she will run for reelection, but she will face long odds if she does. Democrat Ruben Gallego and Republican Kerri Lake are both polling far ahead of her at this stage of the race.