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Rep. Barbara Lee officially announced Tuesday her candidacy to replace retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein, as liberals jockey for the U.S. Senate seat that the 89-year-old Californian has held for more than three decades.
Ms. Lee, whose candidacy was expected, joins fellow Reps. Adam Schiff and Katie Porter in vying for the Democratic nomination next year in the heavily blue state.
“The Senate needs a perspective that I bring with my life experiences, as a progressive Black woman who not only fights for what is right, but also gets the job done,” Ms. Lee told KTVU, the local Fox News affiliate. “I have a proven record, I have experience on many issues working with Democrats and Republicans to get the job done. That gap needs to be filled.
