{"id":1949720,"date":"2023-06-16T21:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T01:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-gov-newsom-quietly-looking-for-candidate-to-fill-sen-feinsteins-seat-report\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T21:21:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T01:21:24","slug":"ca-gov-newsom-quietly-looking-for-candidate-to-fill-sen-feinsteins-seat-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-gov-newsom-quietly-looking-for-candidate-to-fill-sen-feinsteins-seat-report\/","title":{"rendered":"CA Gov. Newsom discreetly seeking replacement for Sen. Feinstein: Report"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fca-gov-newsom-quietly-looking-for-candidate-to-fill-sen-feinsteins-seat-report%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=1949720&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--><h2>California Governor Gavin Newsom Opens &#8220;Soft Inquiry&#8221; for Potential Replacement of Sen. Dianne Feinstein<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>California Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/gavin-newsom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D) has reportedly opened a \u201csoft inquiry\u201d to fill Sen. Dianne Feinstein\u2019s seat should she retire before the end of her term in 2025 due to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-gov-newsom-quietly-looking-for-candidate-to-fill-sen-feinsteins-seat-report\/\" title=\"CA Gov. Newsom discreetly seeking replacement for Sen. Feinstein: Report\">increasingly poor health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom isn\u2019t openly searching, a \u201cperson involved in the conversation\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2023\/06\/gavin-newsom-appointment-dianne-feinstein-barbara-lee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Vanity Fair. Instead, the governor is asking: \u201cIf somehow one of California\u2019s U.S. Senate seats was vacant, would you be interested in filling it?\u201d the mag said.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2021, Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/california\/story\/2021\/03\/15\/newsom-commits-to-nominating-black-woman-to-fill-feinsteins-seat-should-she-retire-1368354\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">committed<\/a> to picking a black woman to replace Feinstein, 89, who missed three months of work earlier this year due to her deteriorating health. But Vanity Fair says should he stick with that plan, he\u2019ll ruffle some feathers.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most qualified is Red. Barbara Lee (D-CA), but she is running far behind Rep. Adam Schiff and Rep. Katie Porter in early <a href=\"https:\/\/fox40.com\/news\/california-connection\/schiff-porter-lead-in-senate-race-but-nearly-half-of-californians-still-undecided-poll-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polling<\/a>. Appointing Lee would greatly annoy another powerful California Democrat, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who prefers Schiff.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a new poll released this week found a majority of California voters think Feinstein should resign.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Majority of California Voters Call for Feinstein&#8217;s Resignation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Inside California Politics\/Emerson College <a href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/california-poll-majority-of-california-voters-think-feinstein-should-resign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">survey<\/a> found 63% think she should go, while 37% say she should stay. The same poll found just 22% approve of the job Feinstein is doing, while 48% disapprove.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOlder voters are more likely than younger voters to say Feinstein should resign: 68% of voters over 50 think the Senator should resign compared to 58% of voters under 50 who say the same,\u201d said Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhen asked who voters supported for the March 2024 primary election for US Senate, a plurality (47%) are undecided. Fifteen percent support Rep. Adam Schiff, while 14% support Rep. Katie Porter, and 6% support Rep. Barbara Lee,\u201d the pollster said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>In March, Feinstein suffered an outbreak of shingles that spread to her face and neck, causing vision and balance impairments, as well as facial paralysis.<\/p>\n<p>The virus also brought on a case of encephalitis, a swelling of the brain that can leave sufferers with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-immunocompromised-individuals-seeking-out-fourth-fifth-booster-shots-without-long-term-data\/\" title=\"Report: Immunocompromised Individuals Seeking Out Fourth, Fifth Booster Shots Without Long-Term Data\">long-term memory<\/a> or language problems, sleep disorders, bouts of confusion, mood disorders, and difficulties walking.<\/p>\n<p>When Feinstein returned to the Senate in nearly three months later, she was in a wheelchair, with \u201cthe left side of her face frozen and one eye nearly shut, she seemed disoriented as an aide steered her through the marble corridors of the Senate, complaining audibly that something was stuck in her eye,\u201d The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/18\/us\/politics\/feinstein-illness-shingles-senate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other polls have found that Californians are tiring of Feinstein. More than two-thirds of voters in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-ron-desantis-crushes-democrat-opponents-by-over-20-points\/\" title=\"Poll: Ron DeSantis Crushes Democrat Opponents By over 20 Points\">statewide survey<\/a> think Feinstein is not fit to serve in the Senate, according to a recent poll.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty-seven percent of registered voters in the state say Feinstein\u2019s latest illness, which has left her in a wheelchair, has left her unfit for office, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/item\/5gk3z8qc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> conducted by UC Berkeley\u2019s Institute of Governmental Studies.<\/p>\n<p>Poll respondents were asked if they agreed with the statement, \u201cFeinstein\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-two-thirds-of-california-voters-say-feinstein-not-fit-for-office-poll\/\" title=\"Most Californian voters believe Feinstein is unfit for office, according to a poll.\">latest illness underlines<\/a> the fact that she is no longer fit to continue serving in the U.S. Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, on the question of whether she should resign, a plurality (42%) said she should. Another 27% said Feinstein should serve in the Senate until the end of her term in 2025, while 31% said they were undecided.<\/p>\n<p>The poll was conducted from May 17 to 22 and surveyed 7,465 registered voters with random emails in both English and Spanish.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/atlantic-writer-suggests-kavanaugh-would-have-been-in-a-cult-or-street-gang-if-he-grew-up-somewhere-else\/\" title=\"Atlantic Writer Suggests Kavanaugh Would Have Been In \u2018A Cult Or Street Gang\u2019 If He Grew Up Somewhere Else\">covered politics<\/a> for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has initiated a &#8220;soft inquiry&#8221; to potentially replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) if she steps down due to declining health before her term ends in 2025. Newsom is discreetly exploring options, as per a source familiar with the matter. He is contemplating potential candidates for the position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":1949721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[28919,9094,8338,3678,10793,3819,6806,7025],"class_list":["post-1949720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-discreetly","tag-feinstein","tag-gov","tag-newsom","tag-replacement","tag-report","tag-seeking","tag-sen"],"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\/1949720","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\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1949720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1949721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1949720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1949720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1949720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}