Blake Dain’s ex-wife Kyrsten Sinema, senator from Arizona recently announced her exit from Democratic Party and registering as an independent candidate. Blake gained popularity as the ex-husband of Krysten Sinema, the present senior United States Senator. 

“I’ve registered as an Arizona independent. I know some people might be a little bit surprised by this, but actually, I think it makes a lot of sense,” Sinema said in an interview in her Senate office on Thursday. 

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Senator Kyrsten Sinema, 44 has been representing the state in Congress since 2019. 

Who is Blake Dain?

The 44-year-old Senator was in a relationship with her University-mate Blake Dain. They got married in 1995. Sinema has been quite silent about her relationship status and story, but the couple reportedly got divorced in 1999.

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Blake Dain and Sinema were studying at Brigham Young University (BYU) during 1992-95. Sinema was enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts course and graduated in 1995. 

They got married on October 7, 1995, in Portland, Oregon. Dain’s divorce papers were filed in Maricopa County Court in September 1999. The couple got divorced on March 18, 1999, according to Gawker.com.

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Dain is several years Sinema’s senior, according to her interview with AZ Central. “I don’t think this is any of your business,” the senator replied to the question about her relationship. The couple had kept their separation under wraps. 

Sinema told in an interview that she has “always been out” to her friends and family. She first publicly revealed her bisexuality in 2005 after a Republican colleague’s speech allegedly insulted the LGBT community. Addressing the senate colleague, she said, “We’re simply people like everyone else who want and deserve respect.” 

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Consequently, to the media’s queries about her statement, she said, “Duh, I’m bisexual.” This is unclear whether the first openly bisexual member of Congress led to discover her bisexuality after her relationship with Dain or if she always was bisexual.