Trust me, the Dems would have ‘manufactured’ however many votes they needed to get Sinema in. She was groomed from the start. Beginning with the illegal machinations of the ‘non-Partisan Redistricting Committee’. Supposedly 2 Dems, 2 Pubs and 1 ‘Independent’. Turns out the ‘Independent’ lied and was really a Dem. The 3 Dems met in secret (illegal), drew up a ‘redistricting’ map (illegal), voted on it (illegal, but then they had the 3 Dems voting) and implemented it. Gov Brewer sued and the judge threw out her lawsuit. Watch for this to happen all over the country. When the Dems break the law and are not held accountable, they are emboldened to branch out to other states.
I remember it well. The “Independent” even voted with the 2 Democrats to not allow the Republicans’ choice of their lawyer.