Democratic disconfort was on display as senators kept mum on Representative Ruben Gallego's decision to run against Independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema in Arizona, despite her defection from the party last month.
On the other side of the aisle, while Ms Sinema has refused to join the Republican Party, many of her GOP colleagues wish she would change her mind, given her friendliness with many of the members.
Senator Mitt Romney worked closely with Ms Sinema throughout the first two years of the Biden administration. The two were lead negotiators on the bipartisan infrastructure law and the Utah Republican was part of a larger group of senators that negotiated the bipartisan gun safety bill that Ms Sinema negotiated with three other senators.
That friendship means that even though Ms Sinema is part of his party, Mr Romney told The Independent that he will not support a Republican against her.
"I think Senator Sinema is terrific. And I would I would not be campaigning against her," he said.
Conversely, Democrats were mostly silent about whether to support Mr Gallego, who announced on Monday that he would challenge Ms Sinema. Arizona's senior senator announced last month that she would leave the Democratic Party and serve as an independent.
"He's a fine man. He has to make a decision about his own future," Senate Majoirty Whip Dick Durbin told The Independent. But Mr Durbin, who is also chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he did not want to speculate about races.
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