Kyrsten Sinema is running for State Senate in Arizona (Credit: http://www.ksinema.org)

***Update: Listen to Kyrsten Sinema on our podcast below, on issues that are affecting her state of Arizona and beyond. We discussed issues on immigration, President Obama on DADT, the issues on jobs, creating more jobs, and new technology moving forward—along with education and what the democrats are really doing to help middle class families.

Kyrsten Sinema, State Representative running for State Senate, joins Bi Social Network for a short chat on Bi Talk Radio on politics and what matters in the 2010 Mid-term election in Arizona and across the United States.

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Sinema serves as the Assistant Leader to the Democratic Caucus in the House of Representatives and represents central Phoenix in the Arizona Legislature District 15. Serving her third year, she is the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee and the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee. She also serves on the House Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee. Sinema has just been named “40 under 40″ in Time Magazine, as the new leaders and “rising stars of American politics” and she’s a major advocate on BLGT and civil rights.

We will also share some insights on what is going on all around the nation as politics heats up in key areas on jobs, unemployment, civil rights and the economy.

Please listen to this podcast after 7:30 p.m. Central Time, for all things politics.

Note: Due to Sinema’s very busy election schedule, we will only be able to talk for a short time, but let’s hope we can get her back on Bi Talk Radio after the elections.

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Kyrsten holds both a law degree and a Master’s degree in Social Work from Arizona State University, and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in the School of Justice and Social Inquiry at ASU.  She is an adjunct professor in the School of Social Work at ASU and practices law when not in session.  Kyrsten also serves as faculty for the Center for Progressive Leadership, teaching tomorrow’s community leaders about the political process.

Kyrsten Sinema has worked on initiatives in Arizona and around the country for a number of years, and in 2006 chaired Arizona Together, the first and only successful effort in the country to defeat a same-sex marriage ballot initiative.  In 2008, she chaired Protect Arizona’s Freedom, the coalition that defeated Ward Connerly’s effort to place an initiative on the state ballot to eliminate equal opportunity programs.  She continues to consult with political groups around the nation on electoral and legislative strategy.

Representative Sinema was chosen last year as one of 32 state lawmakers nationwide, and the only legislator from Arizona, for the White House Health Reform Task Force.  As a member of the Task Force, Sinema has worked with Arizonans to help shape national health reform so that middle-class families can have access to quality and affordable health care.  The historic passage of health reform in Congress was signed into law on Tuesday, March 23rd 2010.

Kyrsten serves on numerous community and national boards, including People for the American Way, Board President of Community Outreach and Advocacy for Refugees, the YWCA of Maricopa County, the Center for Progressive Leadership, and the Young Elected Officials’ Network.  Kyrsten is the recipient of awards for her political leadership, including the NAACP Civil Rights Award, AZ Hispanic Community Forum Friend of the Year, Planned Parenthood Legislative CHOICE Award, Sierra Club’s Most Valuable Player, and the AZ Public Health Association Legislator of the Year.