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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?
58 votes, 6 passes | Time left: Unlimited | |
Barbara Lee | |
7 (12%) |
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Adam Schiff | |
30 (52%) |
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Katie Porter | |
21 (36%) |
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6 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)who isnt any of those currently running.
leftieNanner
(15,199 posts)Some folks have floated Barbara Boxer as a fill-in.
DickKessler
(364 posts)Lettuce Be
(2,337 posts)Omnipresent
(5,738 posts)Gavin Newsom
beaglelover
(3,497 posts)underpants
(183,007 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
(19,569 posts)It's a crowded field.
underpants
(183,007 posts)MurrayDelph
(5,304 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
(183,007 posts)I wasnt looking at it from her perspective.
2naSalit
(86,920 posts)It would not be wise to choose any of them.
Indykatie
(3,697 posts)It'd be nice if Boxer was chosen given her history and relationship with Feinstein.
spooky3
(34,525 posts)gordianot
(15,253 posts)JI7
(89,287 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
(86,016 posts)DickKessler
(364 posts)Let the voters decide IMO.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,703 posts)At least for the interim period before the next Congress convenes in January 2025.
JCMach1
(27,590 posts)ellisonz
(27,711 posts)Justice
(7,188 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
(21,270 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
(30,541 posts)Emile
(23,147 posts)mvd
(65,185 posts)None of the three however will likely be appointed to the interim seat.
WarGamer
(12,506 posts)Because Newsom has already said he won't appoint one of those three.