Should Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat open up, it seems California governor Gavin Newsom's team has been quietly shopping around for someone to fill the vacancy.
Lee’s last turn in the national spotlight came in 2001, when she was the only member of Congress to vote against authorizing the war in Afghanistan. Being promoted to the Senate as Feinstein’s interim replacement would provide a crucial boost to Lee’s name recognition and campaign fundraising. “For 250 years we have tipped the scales against Black women in this country,” says California Democratic congressmanwho has endorsed Lee and has called on Feinstein to quit.
Elevating Lee would indeed open Newsom to criticism that he’s meddling in the Senate race—and it would antagonize one of the governor’s most powerful patrons, House Speaker emeritawho is backing Schiff. So Newsom’s team has been quietly shopping around for alternatives, reaching out to other Black female California politicians to gauge whether they would be willing to accept an appointment. To make the high-stakes game even more fun and complicated, Newsom has been rejected a few times.
A spokesman for the governor declined to comment. Lee’s camp says it doesn’t engage in speculation about Feinstein’s future or Newsom’s maneuvers, and that the candidate is confident she can win regardless of how the incumbent senator’s final years in office unfold. “We have a top-two primary out here. It’s not about getting 50% plus one,” saysa consultant working for Lee’s campaign. “So we’re looking at someone getting into the general with 27% of the vote.
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