California’s politicians already are preparing for battle over a rare chance at a U.S. Senate seat, even though Sen. Dianne Feinstein hasn’t said she’ll retire.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein leaves the Senate Chamber during a procedural vote on the bipartisan federal omnibus spending legislation at the U.S. Capitol on December 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. The $1.7 trillion spending package increases both defense and discretionary spending and would avert a government shutdown days before Christmas.
from the East Bay and Ro Khanna from Silicon Valley, and Adam Schiff from Southern California, have shown interest in the seat Feinstein has held since 1992.Others, including Rep. Eric Swalwell from the East Bay — who was 12 when Feinstein took office — also have been mentioned as contenders.
Landing a seat in the U.S. Senate is scoring one of the “ultimate” jobs in politics, Gerston said. It’s an exclusive club with just 100 members, and it can serve as a springboard to the presidency. Feinstein, the longest-serving female senator in U.S. history, is a political legend in California and throughout the country. She has deep Bay Area roots, serving as a San Francisco supervisor and then mayor before joining the Senate. But her advanced age and recent questions over her ability to do her job have opened the floodgates to rivals eager to replace her.
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