Adam Schiff to take on Republican former LA Dodgers star Steve Garvey in crucial California race to replace Dianne Feinstein: Trump nemesis beats fellow Democrats Katie Porter and Barbara Lee in crucial Senate contest
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| 03/06/24 | Nikki Schwab
Democratic Senate hopeful, Rep. Adam Schiff, will face off against Republican Steve Garvey in California's Senate race this November, beating out two other Democrats to make the ballot.
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California Senate race: Democrats aim to block Republican from contest to fill Feinstein’s seat [Garvey]
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Associated Press ^
| March 5, 2024 | Michael R. Blood
Several prominent House Democrats are jostling to fend off Republican former baseball great Steve Garvey in the yearlong battle to fill the U.S. Senate seat once held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, with two slots on California’s November ballot at stake. In
a state where a Republican hasn’t won a Senate race since 1988, Democrats are expected to easily hold the seat in November, a relief for the party as it seeks to defend a fragile Senate majority. But first-time candidate Garvey, a National League MVP and former star for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres, reordered...
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SHOCK: Can the GOP win Feinstein's seat in California?
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Politico Magazine ^
| Jan 23 | Politico Magazine
Steve Garvey is sitting in the backseat of his Hyundai Genesis outside Ruben’s Bakery & Mexican Food in South Los Angeles; Ryan, his son, sits in the driver’s seat. Inside
await a gaggle of TV cameras and on-lookers, eager for their chance to brush up against California baseball history. It’s nothing Garvey, 75, hasn’t seen before. Since joining the Los Angeles Dodgers more than half a century ago, fans from all parts of the world have flocked to his side for a handshake or an autograph. But today is different. Garvey is on the campaign trail, promoting his Republican run...
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Could a Baseball Star Really Flip Dianne Feinstein’s Seat?
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Politico ^
| January 21, 2024 | Lara Korte
Steve Garvey is sitting in the backseat of his Hyundai Genesis outside Ruben’s Bakery & Mexican Food in South Los Angeles; Ryan, his son, sits in the driver’s seat. Inside
await a gaggle of TV cameras and on-lookers, eager for their chance to brush up against California baseball history. It’s nothing Garvey, 75, hasn’t seen before. Since joining the Los Angeles Dodgers more than half a century ago, fans from all parts of the world have flocked to his side for a handshake or an autograph. But today is different. Garvey is on the campaign trail, promoting his Republican run...
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Di Leo: The Feinstein Seat and the Long-Distance Appointment
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Illinois Review ^
| October 3, AD 2023 | John F. Di Leo
When California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom announced his nominee to fill the late Democrat U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s unexpired Senate term, one would have expected the nomination to raise some eyebrows. On
the issues, he picked a garden-variety modern leftist extremist, very much a typical candidate for the current Democratic party. Newsom’s pick — Laphonza Butler has been a union boss and an abortion lobbyist. She’s worked for a Kamala Harris campaign. She supports the destruction of big city policing that George Soros requires, and she checks off the demographic boxes – black, female, lesbian – that the rest of...
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Gavin Newsom names black, lesbian Kamala Harris adviser to fill Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat, but wait until you hear the twist!
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American Wire ^
| 10/02/23 | Melissa Fine
California Governor Gavin Newsom named a black woman to fill the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Dianne Feinstein. And not just any black woman. Laphonza
Butler is a black lesbian woman, and for that, according to Newsom, “She will make history.” *She’s been involved in California politics for nearly 15 years, and she used to head up the Golden State’s largest labor union, according to The New York Times.* Butler was also “an adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris,” The Times reports. “In 2021, she became the first Black woman to take the helm at Emily’s List,...
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Clinton remembers Feinstein: ‘We could have used Dianne’s voice in the fights ahead’
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The Hill ^
| 10/02/2023 | SARAH FORTINSKY
Former Secretary of State and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton (D) on Monday penned a tribute to her late colleague, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), describing her as a champion of democracy who was “brave, honorable, honest and unafraid to do what was right for her constituents and her country.” In
an opinion piece in The Washington Post, Clinton recalled arriving in Washington as first lady in 1993, when Feinstein first arrived to the Senate. Clinton said when she heard Feinstein use her first floor speech to advocate for the Family and Medical Leave Act, “I knew I had found a...
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California governor names Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to Feinstein Senate seat ["Butler currently lives in Maryland"]
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Associated Press ^
| October 2, 2023 | MICHAEL R. BLOOD
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has selected Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign, to fill the U.S. Senate seat made vacant by the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Butler currently lives in Maryland, according to her Emily’s List biography. Izzy
Gardon, a spokesman for Newsom, said Butler owns a home in California. She is expected to reregister to vote in California before being sworn in. That could happen as early as Tuesday evening when the Senate returns to session.
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Newsom picks Laphonza Butler as Feinstein replacement
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Yahoo ^
| 10/1/2023 | Christopher Cadelago
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint EMILY’s List President Laphonza Butler to fill the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, elevating the head of a fundraising juggernaut that works to elect Democratic women who support abortion rights, according to a person familiar with the decision. Newsom
is moving swiftly to name the next senator, two days after Feinstein’s death and just as a perilously split Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown. Senate Democrats are in need of every vote in the closely divided chamber. The announcement was expected to come Monday, and an adviser to the governor, Anthony York,...
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Replacing Dianne Feinstein
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freerepublic ^
| Oct. 1, 2023 | Dennis Lund
With the passing of long serving Senator Dianne Feinstein Friday morning, Governor Newsom has the rare second chance to pick California’s next Senator. There is another candidate, one which would solve several problems the Democrats currently have, while allowing Newsom to keep his promise: Kamala Harris. Let’s consider several factors with this
potential appointment: First, Harris is seen by many Democrats as a drag on the administration. She has been a terrible Vice President, as correctly reflected in her low approval ratings. The Second, the only person who believes that Kamala Harris could ever be elected President is Kamala Harris....
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Meghan Markle 'in running for Dianne Feinstein's Senator seat in bid for office'
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MSN ^
| 9/30/23 | Liam Buckler
Meghan Markle is reportedly "in the running to fill Dianne Feinstein's California Senator seat" as the Duchess considers a run for office. According
to a major Democratic donor close to Californian Governor Gavin Newsom, who is set to choose Feinstein's replacement, the possibility of the Duchess of Sussex running is not impossible. Although a long-shot replacement for the 90-year-old pioneer, there is speculation Meghan could serve out the remaining 13 months of Feinstein's term. A source told the Mail on Sunday: "Meghan is definitely a long-shot but in the craziness that is US politics these days it's not an impossibility....
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Watch: Schumer pays emotional tribute to Senator Feinstein/Barf
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Arutz Sheva ^
| 29/9'/23
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Friday paid an emotional tribute to Senator Dianne Feinstein, who passed away at the age of 90, calling her a “giant of the Senate” in remarks on the Senate floor. “Senator
Dianne Feinstein was one of the most amazing people who ever graced the Senate who ever graced the country,” said Schumer, adding, “Her integrity shone like a beacon across the Senate and across the country for all to see.” “Dianne didn't just put push down doors that were closed for women. She held them open for generations of a woman after her to...
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Senator Dianne Feinstein's death leaves her daughters wrangling over breathtaking $102MILLION property fortune and $62M private jet she used to visit her mansions
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Daily Mail ^
| 9/23/23 | Will Potter
Dianne Feinstein's daughter and three stepdaughters are set to inherit the late senator's $102 million property portfolio, as well as her $62 million private jet. The
California congresswoman, who died in DC Friday aged 90, leaves behind an Italianite mansion with stunning views of San Francisco Bay that's worth $21 million. Democrat Feinstein - whose vast wealth raised eyebrows - died in a Washington DC mansion she owned that's worth $7.4 million. She also owned a $5 million Hawaii duplex, $7.5 million beach house in Marin County, California and a $62 million Gulfstream G650 jet she used to shuttle between...
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Feinstein's death throws Senate judicial confirmations into new limbo
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Politico ^
| 9/29/2023 | KATHERINE TULLY-MCMANUS
Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s death at 90 creates a vacancy on the powerful Judiciary Committee. Democrats could need 60 votes to replace her, leaving controversial judicial nominees in limbo until then. Senate
Republicans are signaling they won't try and block Feinstein's committee seats from being filled. Back in April, Republicans blocked Democrats from appointing a temporary replacement for Feinstein as she was ailing with shingles and unable to return to Washington for months. "Under the circumstances, it's kind of follow whatever the precedent is," Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) said Friday. Typically when a seat is vacant there is no...
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News Summary-Intelligence Report Friday 9/29/2023 US Warning To Serbia, Senator Dianne Feinstein Dead, Swedish PM Speaks Of Using Army Against Gangs
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Nextrush Free ^
| 9/29/2023 | Nextrush/Self
The US is warning about Serbian military forces on the border with Kosovo. The US asking Serbia to pull its forces back... Six are dead and 15 others trapped in a mine collapse in Zimbabwe... A State of Emergency due to flash flooding in New York State including New York City, Long
Island and the Hudson Valley... The United Auto Workers expanding its strike against automakers... "They're terrified of my family and I" Ammon Bundy speaking about the continuing legal efforts to seize his assets following the "defamation" suit against him and why a "defamation" trial was recently conducted against...
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Watch: Dianne Feinstein in 1994 Assailed Illegal Aliens, Anchor Babies as ‘Very Real Problem’ Straining Medicaid, Schools, Housing
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Breitbart ^
| 09/29/2023 | John Binder
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who passed away Friday at age 90, once assailed illegal immigration as a net drain on working and middle-class Americans. In 1993, while giving a press conference in the Senate building, Feinstein spoke about the prospects of the North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which was set to go
into effect the following year. As part of NAFTA, Feinstein said Mexico ought to be required to enforce its side of the United States-Mexico border to stop illegal immigration in its tracks. “I think you’ve seen the figures [for] state and local governments of what the cost is....
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Dianne Feinstein's final vote: Moment trailblazing Democrat, 90, is helped onto the Senate floor to raise her hand and say 'aye' just hours before her death in her D.C. home
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Daily Mail UK ^
| September 29, 2023 | Emily Goodin,
Just hours before her death, 90-year-old Dianne Feinstein was helped onto the Senate floor for the final public act of her trailblazing career. The
California Democrat, holding onto her aide's arm, slowly raised her hand to vote 'aye' on Thursday morning in a procedural vote for short-term government funding. Feinstein walked in without the wheelchair she used in the final months of her 30-year Senate career as her health deteriorated following a bout with shingles. After giving her colleagues a brief wave, she was escorted out again following her last fleeting appearance in the upper chamber. Feinstein subsequently missed two...
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Dianne Feinstein Death: Gavin Newsom Has Tricky Task to Announce Replacement
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New York Post ^
| Sep. 29, 2023 | Samuel Chamberlain
The death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Thursday night has left California Gov. Gavin Newsom with the job of appointing a replacement to serve the remaining 15 months of her term — a choice he hoped never to have to make. Newsom
initially promised in 2021 to pick a black woman to replace Feinstein if she was unable to remain in the Senate through January 2025. That was in response to the outcry from some quarters after he appointed then-California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to replace Sen. Kamala Harris after her election as vice president. After Feinstein announced earlier...
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California Gov. Newsom will pick Feinstein’s replacement. He pledged in past to choose a Black woman
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AP ^
| 9/29/23 | STEVE PEOPLES and MICHAEL R. BLOOD
Do you personally believe Oprah Winfrey would make a good US Senator from California?
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Senator Feinstein Death Not Expected To Affect Re-election Campaign
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The Bee ^
| September 29, 2023 | Staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Dianne Feinstein has passed away at 90 years old. In
the wake of the tragic news, her estate confirmed to reporters that her death will in no way affect her re-election campaign. "Make no mistake, Senator Feinstein will continue to serve in the Senate and will be proudly running for another term next year," said Tad Binkelstein, a spokesman for her upcoming campaign. "We need to move past this old idea that one's death should preclude one from serving their country." Campaign surrogates assured voters that a vote for the California Senator would ensure a continuation...
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