Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema gave a farewell speech on the Senate floor on Wednesday morning.
Watch Sinema's speech in the player below:
In March, she announced she would not run for reelection.
“I love Arizona and I am so proud of what we’ve delivered,” she said in a video posted to social media. “Because I choose civility, understanding, listening, working together to get stuff done, I will leave the Senate at the end of this year.”
Sinema was a Democrat for most of her political career but left the party late last year, saying she doesn’t fit into the two-party system.
In 2022, Senator Sinema, then registered as a Democrat, announced that she had registered as an Independent.
Since April of this year, Sinema has missed about a third of more than 200 votes.
Congressman Ruben Gallego will replace Sinema in January after winning Arizona’s Senate race against Republican Kari Lake.
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