Posted on 11/01/2020 6:50:35 PM PST by KingofZion
*** A week before the election — and potentially weeks before the outcome is known — California Democrats are elbowing each other for the chance to sway Newsom on how to fill the state’s junior senator seat should Joe Biden and Harris (D-Calif.) head to the White House.
At least a dozen California Democrats are seriously in the mix, and their supporters, donors and staffers are jostling behind the scenes to make their case. In this deep-blue state, where no Republican has won statewide in 14 years, a Senate seat could be the closest it gets to a lifetime appointment.
*** Based on POLITICO interviews with more than 20 state political insiders, the short list is still topped by California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, a longtime Newsom supporter who would be the first Latino U.S senator in California’s 170-year history. Latino residents now comprise a plurality with 39 percent of the state's population.
Another son of Mexican immigrants is high atop the list: Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who isn’t as close to the governor but has an established presence in Washington after serving 12 terms in Congress.
*** Another top contender is Rep. Karen Bass, head of the Congressional Black Caucus who made Biden’s VP short list after elevating her national profile this year. She acknowledged to POLITICO that she's being considered but noted multiple leadership opportunities could arise should Biden and Harris win.
*** "Gavin Newsom likes to make history," said Dan Schnur, a former adviser to Gov. Pete Wilson who is now a professor of politics and communication at the University of Southern California and UC Berkeley. “And the likelihood of him appointing a white male is about as likely as me starting a World Series for the Dodgers.”
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Newsom would get a nice house out of this pick. Perhaps two.
That’s a long list!
If one of those Hispanics was transgendered, he/she/it would be a solid lock
There is zero chance it will go to a white male. Zero. Gavin has a history of appointing minorities to shore up his base. Plus it’s a bad look (for him) to replace a black woman with a white male. Shiftless is not all that popular outside of the beltway and DailyKos
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