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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLee, Porter, or Schiff? Who would be the best replacement for Feinstein as senator?
Who's your preference?
54 votes, 6 passes | Time left: Unlimited | |
Barbara Lee | |
7 (13%) |
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Adam Schiff | |
28 (52%) |
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Katie Porter | |
19 (35%) |
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6 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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regnaD kciN
(26,303 posts)who isnt any of those currently running.
leftieNanner
(15,376 posts)Some folks have floated Barbara Boxer as a fill-in.
DickKessler
(381 posts)![](/emoticons/shrug.gif)
Lettuce Be
(2,338 posts)Omnipresent
(5,958 posts)Gavin Newsom
beaglelover
(3,807 posts)underpants
(184,171 posts)The Democratic governor has promised to appoint a Black woman. He has also promised to avoid the field of candidates already running for Feinsteins seat, which was set to expire at the end of next year and includes Rep. Barbara Lee, one of the states most prominent Black women currently serving in elected office.
https://apnews.com/article/feinstein-replacement-newsom-democrat-death-528b55aa50d06aa3901b16c129aa3fe0
herding cats
(19,583 posts)It's a crowded field.
underpants
(184,171 posts)MurrayDelph
(5,368 posts)It would be an interim appointment, and not from the announced candidates, so as to not give that person an unfair advantage.
Lee, as the only black female in on the race, took umbrage with an interim appointment, when without that incumbency she comes in third.
underpants
(184,171 posts)I wasnt looking at it from her perspective.
2naSalit
(89,227 posts)It would not be wise to choose any of them.
Indykatie
(3,775 posts)It'd be nice if Boxer was chosen given her history and relationship with Feinstein.
spooky3
(35,065 posts)gordianot
(15,340 posts)JI7
(89,749 posts)maybe sometime that taught something related like US history, government etc
Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)would be a nice pick to shake up the staid Senate.
bigtree
(87,929 posts)DickKessler
(381 posts)Let the voters decide IMO.
Fiendish Thingy
(16,677 posts)At least for the interim period before the next Congress convenes in January 2025.
JCMach1
(27,698 posts)ellisonz
(27,711 posts)Justice
(7,190 posts)Personally, I'd appoint Barbara Boxer. Alternatives would be Jackie Speier, although she is a former Representative.
Too important a period of time to appoint someone who doesn't know the Senate or at least Congress.
kimbutgar
(21,963 posts)Karen Bass just got elected as mayor of LA and she is needed there. The only other black woman I can think of is Maxine Waters.
Raine
(30,565 posts)Emile
(26,125 posts)mvd
(65,264 posts)None of the three however will likely be appointed to the interim seat.
WarGamer
(13,492 posts)Because Newsom has already said he won't appoint one of those three.