Washington Post
The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area and widely read around the country. The newspaper has won 47 Pulitzer Prizes. It employs around 800 journalists and had a 2015 daily circulation of 356,768. Its digital circulation was 1,000,000 in 2018.
Jeff Bezos bought the paper in 2013. Tensions between he and the newsroon have continued; in 2024 and 2025, multiple personnel resigned over the paper's non-endorsement of Kamala Harris and editorial changes advanced by Bezos.
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) announced on Tuesday that she will not seek reelection this year, opting out of what would have been a contentious, three-way contest in a swing state that will be consequential for the political balance of the U.S. Senate.
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Here’s what to know about how Sinema’s decision shakes up the race.
Who is running?
Several candidates are in the race, but Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Kari Lake, a former Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate and news anchor, are widely expected to be the Democratic and Republican Senate nominees.
Senate primaries for each party are scheduled for July 30.