A centrist groups threat to run a third-party candidate for president in 2024 is already causing panic among Democratic strategists and they could soon team up with the partys most prominent third-party headache, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.).

The group, No Labels, qualified for the ballot in Arizona earlier this week as it lays the groundwork for a presidential run Democrats believe would almost certainly siphon votes from President Joe Bidens reelection bid. Progressive and Democratic strategists in the state have been buzzing about the possibility of Sinema, who has long worked with the group, running for reelection on the No Labels ballot line.

A spokesperson for Sinema did not return a request for comment, and a statement from No Labels never addressed questions about whether Sinema could run on its ballot line. Joining forces would make the run-up to Sinemas reelection bid significantly easier, drastically cutting the number of signatures she would need to gather to get on the ballot and outsourcing much of that work to a group well-funded by corporate interests.

In the same way that a No Labels presidential candidate would threaten President Bidens reelection, a No Labels Senate ticket would threaten Democrats holding the Senate seat in Arizona, said Sacha Haworth, who worked on Sinemas first Senate bid in 2018 and now works for the Replace Sinema PAC. But even with the millions in dark money from No Labels corporate interests, Sinema has no path to reelection she is a spoiler and nothing more.

Sinema has not yet announced if she plans to run for reelection after leaving the Democratic Party in the wake of the 2022 midterms. Rep. Ruben Gallego, a progressive Marine Corps veteran, has announced he will run for the Democratic Senate nomination in Arizona.