Signs have been piling up that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema might not run for another term, sparing us all a three-way Arizona Senate race in which her ego battled it out for supremacy against Democratic Rep.
Signs have been piling up that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema might not run for another term, sparing us all a three-way Arizona Senate race in which her ego battled it out for supremacy against Democratic Rep.
You can, but why?
She’s not going to bring prestige to the board given her age and relative lack of experience.
Her political connections are shallow given that she’s left her party and her career has been being the 50th vote.
You can hire her as payback, but those positions usually only last a few years unless the politician helped the group for decades or that person can transition to one of the first two roles.
Her value is going to rapidly diminish over time.
I suspect that, as the headline said, she’s grabbing what cash she can. Maybe she’ll be ousted in a few years, in the meantime she’s making 6-7 figures, and can retire comfortably with the 10 or so years of Congressional pay and corporate board pay. She gets her favors paid back with a nice little nest egg for her to disappear with.
She has six years of pay at $174,000 per year, which is ok but isn’t something you can retire on in 10 years.
Maybe she gets that in her post-Senate career, but I doubt it will be enough to fully retire on, especially with her inflated lifestyle.