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Rep. Barbara Lee files bid for the open Senate seat in California.

If elected, #Lee would be just the third Black woman to serve in the US Senate, with none serving at present.

There is a crowded field seeking to succeed Diane Feinstein who announced her retirement yesterday.

Katie #Porter was first elected to her Southern California seat in the 2018 midterms and has earned prominence and praise from progressives for her focused questioning of witnesses in House oversight hearings. She’s also been endorsed by her former law school professor, Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.

Adam #Schiff, a Los Angeles-area congressman, was first elected in 2000 and gained national attention during the Trump administration, serving in high-profile roles on the House Intelligence Committee and in both Trump impeachment proceedings.

Additional contenders could join the open Senate race in the nation’s largest state. Democratic Rep. Ro #Khanna has publicly expressed interest in running.

Other potential candidates include Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier #Becerra – a former California attorney general – and San Francisco Mayor London #Breed.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/16/politics/barbara-lee-filing-fec-senate-california/index.html