News Kyrsten Sinema beats Martha McSally to become Arizona’s first female senator November 12, 2018Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Ronald J. Hansen, Arizona RepublicComments Off on Kyrsten Sinema beats Martha McSally to become Arizona’s first female senator Democrat Kyrsten Sinema will be the first woman in the state's 106-year-old history to take a seat on the floor of the U.S. Senate.