BREAKING: Rep. Katie Porter, of California, has announced a 2024 Senate bid for Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s seat.
— Democratic Rep. Katie Porter on Tuesday announced that she's running for the Senate seat currently held by Sen. in California, potentially setting up a showdown in 2024 between the Senate's oldest current member and a rising star in the Democratic Party.
"California needs a warrior in the Senate — 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," Porter wrote in awith a video announcing her candidacy."Today, I'm proud to announce my candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2024."
Porter is the first Democrat to formally announce her bid for the seat held by Feinstein, who has been in the Senate for three decades. California employs a"jungle primary," in which candidates from all parties compete in a primary, with the top two vote-getters moving on to the fall's general election.
Feinstein, 89, hasn't said whether she plans to retire. In recent years, she has been the subject of a series of reports citing unnamed Democratic sources who have questioned her mental fitness to serve. After one such article in the San Francisco Chronicle last year,
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