{"id":1802540,"date":"2023-01-11T14:04:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T19:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1802540"},"modified":"2023-01-11T14:07:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T19:07:33","slug":"second-democrat-lawmaker-will-enter-race-to-push-feinstein-out-of-the-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-democrat-lawmaker-will-enter-race-to-push-feinstein-out-of-the-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Democrat Lawmaker Will Enter Race To Push Feinstein Out Of The Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecond-democrat-lawmaker-will-enter-race-to-push-feinstein-out-of-the-senate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1802540&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Two sources close to the matter reported that Barbara Lee, a Democratic California Representative, told members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Wednesday that she intends to run for the Senate seat currently held long-term by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D\u2013CA). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/01\/11\/barbara-lee-california-senate-00077482\">Submitted<\/a> Politico.<\/p>\n<p>Feinstein, at 89 years old, announced that she would finish her current term as a senator. She has yet not decided if she plans to run again for the Senate in 2024. However, fellow Democrats have not been stopped from trying to support her. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/01\/10\/katie-porter-senate-campaign-feinstein-00077210\">Competing<\/a> For the vacant seat.<\/p>\n<p>Lee\u2019s decision comes after Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/embattled-democrat-announces-bid-for-senate-seat-dianne-feinstein-hasnt-vacated\">announced<\/a> a run for the U.S. Senate in 2024 with a video ad on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">California needs a warrior in the Senate\u2014to stand up to special interests, fight the dangerous imbalance in our economy, and hold so-called leaders like Mitch McConnell accountable for rigging our democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I\u2019m proud to announce my candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X1CSE8T12B\">pic.twitter.com\/X1CSE8T12B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Katie Porter (@katieporteroc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katieporteroc\/status\/1612834229179777027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalifornia needs a warrior in the Senate \u2014 to stand up to special interests, fight the dangerous imbalance in our economy, and hold so-called leaders like Mitch McConnell accountable for rigging our democracy. Today, I\u2019m proud to announce my candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2024,\u201d the tweet said.<\/p>\n<p>Feinstein responded to Porter\u2019s announcement with a brief statement, saying that she was preoccupied with the devastating storms that were still ravaging California and would think about the next election at a later date.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Statement from Feinstein on Porter\u2019s announcement: \u201cEveryone is of course welcome to throw their hat in the ring, and I will make an announcement concerning my plans for 2024 at the appropriate time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Grace Segers (@Grace_Segers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grace_Segers\/status\/1612857399471378432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone is of course welcome to throw their hat in the ring, and I will make an announcement concerning my plans for 2024 at the appropriate time. Right now I\u2019m focused on ensuring California has all the resources it needs to cope with the devastating storms slamming the state and leaving more than a dozen dead,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is also reportedly a potential candidate for Feinstein\u2019s seat, according to Politico. Schiff has said before that he might run for the seat if Feinstein decides to retire and that he has already spoken to Feinstein about the possibility, a person close to Schiff told the outlet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic California Rep. Barbara Lee told Congressional Black Caucus members on Wednesday that she plans to run for the Senate seat currently held by longtime Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), two sources familiar with the matter reportedly told POLITICO. The 89-year-old Feinstein, who recently announced she intends to finish her current term in the Senate, has &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":1802543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6202,4912,10737,9094,3914,3688,5069,3740,6195],"class_list":["post-1802540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-daily","tag-democrat","tag-enter","tag-feinstein","tag-lawmaker","tag-push","tag-race","tag-senate","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1802540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1802540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1802540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1802543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1802540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1802540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1802540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}