Sen. Dianne Feinstein doesn’t get California Democrats’ backing in reelection bid No No No Re-election
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein failed to pick up the endorsement of her own party back in California, where the four-term Democrat is running for another stint in the Senate.
In fact, delegates at the California Democratic Party’s convention failed to reach a 60% majority for any U.S. Senate candidate, or anyone running for statewide office.
Delegates were booted from the San Diego convention hall by the time the final votes came in at about 1:45 a.m. local time Sunday, showing Feinstein at 37%.
State Senate leader Kevin de León, Feinstein’s main challenger, received 54% of the vote , six points shy of winning the endorsement, the Mercury News reported.
It’s unclear what impacts it might have on Feinstein, 84, who has been in the Senate since 1992 and is seeking a fifth term.
She still has the backing of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), a prominent voice in the party’s left wing, as well as other prominent Californians.
Plus, the Mercury News noted, Feinstein has a sizeable campaign war chest.
Candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and state attorney general also failed to pick up enough votes to grab an endorsement.
Feinstein is seeking a fifth full term in the Senate.
(ANDREW HARNIK/AP)
Experts on the Golden State believe snagging an endorsement is tough because there are fewer moderate delegates.
“The people who are motivated to give up a weekend to show up at a party convention are further off the middle of the political spectrum,” analyst Darry Sragow, who ran Feinstein’s unsuccessful 1990 gubernatorial run, told the Mercury News.
She didn’t get the party’s endorsement to her run for governor, but still won the 1990 primary before losing in the general election.
But now, after four terms in the Senate, the moderate Democrat has reportedly clashed with more progressive Californians.
People in the convention crowd yelled “Time’s up! Time’s up!” after cut off music prompted Feinstein to quip “I guess my time is up!” during her convention speech.
De León, in a statement to media Sunday, said it was time for someone different to hold the seat.
“California Democrats are hungry for new leadership that will fight for California values from the front lines, not equivocate on the sidelines,” the Los Angeles resident said.
But he faces a long road ahead. Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, leads the state senate boss 46% to 17% in a Public Policy Institute of California poll released earlier this month.
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