I Can’t Stop Thinking About Kyrsten Sinema Using Campaign Money to Fund Her Marathons
As a marathon runner myself, I wouldn’t take kindly to my own do-nothing senator devoting so many resources over several months to train for a 26-mile race.
Politics

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.)—the curtsy-voting former Democrat who has a net favorability rating of negative 23 points—is reportedly using her campaign funds to pay for trips to run marathons.
According to the Daily Beast, when Sinema ran the prestigious Boston Marathon in April 2022, she appears to have also held a fundraiser that allowed her to write off travel expenses. Sinema’s Getting Stuff Done PAC (lol) spent more than $1,500 on “event supplies” and “meeting meals” at Boston-area businesses during race week, and Federal Election Commission records show several of Massachusetts-based donors gave Sinema more than $16,000 in April, many of them giving the max amount. Sinema’s campaign also paid $8,470 in lodging expenses at a Ritz-Carlton hotel, and in a post-race photo she tweeted, the luxe hotel’s logo is visible on a gift bag.
And it’s not even the first time she’s done this! The story continues: “On at least six total occasions since 2019, Sinema has participated in a race while engaging in fundraising activity—and covering expenses—in the area of the competition, according to a review of public campaign finance and competition records.” The outlet linked campaign spending to races in California, Colorado, Utah, and Washington. A Sinema spokesperson didn’t respond to the Beast’s request for comment.