COMMENTARY: Dianne Feinstein, who has been a U.S. senator from California for three decades, hasn't yet said whether she'll seek another term in 2024. Would-be successors are already standing in line.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein gives remarks at the US Capitol on Feb, 1, 2022. Photo by Graeme Sloan, Sipa USA via REUTERSDianne Feinstein, who has been a U.S. senator from California for three decades, hasn’t yet said whether she’ll seek another term in 2024, but would-be successors are already standing in line.
Without waiting, Katie Porter, an Orange County congresswoman who made a name for herself as a relentless cross-examiner of corporate executives in congressional hearings, declared her candidacy last week and immediately gained an endorsement from Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a leading progressive figure.
Given that California has more than 40 Democrats in Congress, plus statewide officeholders and big city mayors, the list of potential candidates for what could be a decades-long seat in the U.S. Senate is nearly endless.
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