Representative Adam Schiff, the lead prosecutor in Donald J. Trump’s first impeachment trial, and Steve Garvey, a former Major League Baseball star, advanced on Tuesday night to the California general election for a Senate seat, according to The Associated Press. Election night returns showed that Mr. Schiff, a longtime Democratic congressman from the Los Angeles […]
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California Senate Primary 2024: Adam Schiff Seeks Prized Seat
Before Representative Adam B. Schiff became famous as the chief congressional tormentor of former President Donald J. Trump, his professional hallmark was his low profile. In a Southern California district glittering with show business, he was simply “the congressman from Burbank.” In a state teeming with Democratic political stars, he was rarely on short lists […]
Read MoreLaphonza Butler Will Not Run for Dianne Feinstein’s Senate Seat in 2024
Laphonza Butler, who was appointed 18 days ago to fill the Senate seat left vacant by Dianne Feinstein’s death, said on Thursday that she would not run for the office next year, clearing the way for a truly open race in California that features three Democratic congressional members and a former Major League Baseball star. […]
Read MoreSteve Garvey, Republican Former Baseball Player, Will Run for Senate in California
The former baseball player Steve Garvey announced on Tuesday that he would run as a Republican for the California Senate seat left open by Dianne Feinstein’s death. Mr. Garvey, 74, was a first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres from 1969 to 1987. He has never held elected office. His […]
Read MoreThe Hidden Moral Injury of ‘OK Boomer’
Mourners gathered around San Francisco City Hall this week to remember Senator Dianne Feinstein, one of the most formidable politicians of her generation. Her passing meant not just the end of her political career, but also the end of a furious argument over her age and condition. Why did she stay in the Senate for […]
Read MoreOnce a Labor Leader, Butler Angered Unions by Consulting for Uber
In the summer of 2019, Uber, Lyft and other companies that use contract drivers faced a crisis in California. The State Legislature was poised to pass a law that would effectively require them to treat their drivers as employees, meaning the gig companies would have to pay drivers a minimum wage, cover their expenses and […]
Read MoreRemembering Senator Dianne Feinstein: ‘She Showed the Way’
Almost everyone on the stage outside San Francisco’s City Hall on Thursday afternoon was a woman: the vice president, the former speaker of the House, the city’s mayor and more. It was a meaningful, and intentional, reminder of the glass ceilings that Senator Dianne Feinstein had broken again and again as the city’s first female […]
Read MoreHow Newsom’s Choice for Feinstein’s Successor Was Complicated By Two TV Interviews
The question came from out of the blue in 2021, as Gov. Gavin Newsom of California was on television, fending off a campaign to recall him. If Senator Dianne Feinstein left office before the end of her term, Joy Reid of MSNBC wanted to know, would the governor rectify a glaring gap in representation and […]
Read MoreNewsom to Name Emily’s List President as Feinstein Successor
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California is expected on Monday to name Laphonza Butler, the president of Emily’s List and a former labor leader, to fill the vacancy left in the Senate by the death of Dianne Feinstein, several sources familiar with the decision confirmed on Sunday night. Ms. Butler, 44, has been a fixture in […]
Read MoreDianne Feinstein’s Lasting Impact on Women in Office
“I was so inspired that I drove six hours to L.A. in a falling-apart Toyota and slept on somebody’s floor,” Ms. Schaaf, now 57, recalled. Decades later, after a career as a lawyer and a political aide, Ms. Schaaf won a seat on the Oakland City Council and, in 2015, became the second woman to […]
Read MoreA Brief History of Consequential Deaths in Congress
Dianne Feinstein, who died on Thursday at 90, was the first senator to die in office since John McCain in 2018. But since the first Congress convened in 1789, deaths in office have been a fairly regular occurrence. “You look back in history, nearly one in 10 members of Congress have,” Jane L. Campbell, the […]
Read MoreRunning San Francisco Made Dianne Feinstein
When I was interviewing Senator Dianne Feinstein in 2011 for a book about San Francisco’s tumultuous history from the 1960s to the ’80s, she suddenly began to tear off her microphone and terminate the exchange. My offense? I asked about her decision as mayor of the city to veto a 1982 ordinance that would have […]
Read MoreDianne Feinstein, Breaking Into the Boys’ Club
WASHINGTON — I’ve always said that the Washington Monument is an apt symbol, a Freudian obelisk redolent of all the male egos that have shaped our capital. To appreciate what Dianne Feinstein accomplished, you need to know how male this city was in 1992, when she was swept into Congress in the “Year of the […]
Read MoreSan Francisco Mourns Its Homegrown Senator and the End of the Feinstein Era
Even as a senator, Dianne Feinstein didn’t hesitate to share her gripes about San Francisco’s uneven sidewalks and dirty streets with the mayors who succeeded her. She was traveling in a car several years ago past the Sutter-Stockton Garage, a downtown parking structure, and was frustrated to see a ratty mattress propped up against a […]
Read MoreDianne Feinstein, a Trailblazing Senator, Dies at 90
Dianne Feinstein, who rose to become the grande dame of California Democrats over four decades in politics, first as the mayor of San Francisco and most recently as the longest-serving woman in U.S. Senate history, died last night at her home in Washington. She was 90. U.S. flags were lowered to half-staff, and Feinstein was […]
Read MoreWhat Happens Next to Feinstein’s Seat?
The death of Senator Dianne Feinstein has put Gov. Gavin Newsom of California under immediate pressure to name a replacement, especially given the narrow advantage that Democrats have in the Senate. Under California law, the governor has the authority to name a successor. Governor Newsom, a Democrat, does not face a deadline, but he is […]
Read MoreAs Mayor, Feinstein Made San Francisco ‘Vibrant,’ City Leaders Say
San Francisco would look very different if Dianne Feinstein had not been its mayor: No more cable cars. No colorful street cars rumbling down Market Street. Perhaps no Pier 39, the kitschy spot on the northern waterfront that draws more tourists each year than any attraction in the city besides the Golden Gate Bridge. That […]
Read MoreWho Will Replace Dianne Feinstein in Her California Senate Seat?
The death of Senator Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat, immediately turns the spotlight to an intense, ongoing three-way battle to replace her, fraught with racial, political and generational tensions over one of the most coveted positions in California and national politics. It also puts new pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom, who will chose someone to […]
Read MoreDianne Feinstein, 90, Dies; Oldest Sitting Senator and Fixture of California Politics
Dianne Feinstein, the grande dame of California Democrats who became the mayor of San Francisco after a horrific double assassination at City Hall in 1978 and then gained national stature as an influential voice in the United States Senate for more than 30 years, died on Thursday night She was 90 and the Senate’s oldest […]
Read MorePhotos: See Key Moments in Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Political Career
For generations, she was an iconic American political figure — a leader on issues from the environment to assault-style weapons, the longest-serving senator ever to represent California, the first woman to make it to the top of San Francisco’s political system, catapulted there after a still-shocking burst of gun violence. On Friday, Senator Dianne Feinstein […]
Read MoreSenator Dianne Feinstein Dies at 90
Senator Dianne Feinstein, the trailblazing Democratic power broker who served in the Senate for 30 years, died on Thursday night, according to a family member. In recent years, Ms. Feinstein, 90, had suffered from frail health and memory issues that made it difficult for her to function alone and prompted calls for her to step […]
Read MoreDianne Feinstein Battle Over Her Late Husband’s Fortune Heads to Mediation
A judge in San Francisco on Monday ordered the two factions of Senator Dianne Feinstein’s family fighting over the estate of her late husband, the wealthy financier Richard C. Blum, to try to settle the case through mediation. The order, which both sides agreed to, came as the lawyers in the case appeared in a […]
Read MoreHere Are the 20 Oldest Members of Congress
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the 81-year-old longtime Republican leader, has batted away questions about his health after twice freezing on camera, insisting he has no plans to step down ahead of schedule as the leader of his party in the Senate. Representative Nancy Pelosi, 83, the long-serving former House speaker, announced she would run […]
Read MorePelosi Suggests Sexism Is Behind Calls for Feinstein to Step Aside
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended Senator Dianne Feinstein for remaining in office after a series of health issues, dismissing concerns about Ms. Feinstein’s continued ability to serve as a sexist double standard. Speaking to Politico for an article published Thursday, Ms. Pelosi stressed that the California senator, a longtime colleague and neighbor, was “doing OK” […]
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