Overview

• Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has reportedly spent approximately $210,000 of her taxpayer-funded office budget on private flights since 2020, often for travel within Arizona.
• Sinema's spokesperson cited travel efficiency as the reason for the private flights, stating that it allows the senator to connect with as many constituents as possible.
• The flights did not add to her office spending, but it came at the expense of spending in other ways.
• Sinema's private travel comes as she faces ethics complaints over her campaign’s spending practices, which have overlapped with marathons and foreign travel.
• Sinema has not indicated whether she intends to run for a second six-year term, but her campaign spending over the past year suggests she has been running all along.