California’s senator Dianne Feinstein has set a low for Lefty politics for decades, but she may have run to the end of her belt.
California Dems Reject Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Re-Election Bidby Kathryn Blackhurst
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) suffered a humiliating setback Sunday when the California Democratic Party withheld its endorsement of her 2018 reelection bid after the state’s senior senator failed to garner enough support among an increasingly progressive electorate.
Feinstein, at age 84, is the Senate’s oldest member and has served since 1992. She is a ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary and was viewed widely as a middle-of-the-road Democrat for much of her political career.
But when the California Democratic Party voted on endorsements this weekend at its annual convention, progressive state Senate leader Kevin de León (D) surpassed Feinstein with a 54 percent to 37 percent margin. The results weren’t announced until Sunday.
If he’s MORE ‘progressive’ than Feinstein, the dude’s gonna make Fidel Castro look like a republican.