Democrat Rep. Katie Porter, who currently represents California’s 47th Congressional District, announced Tuesday that she is entering the Golden State’s 2024 Senate race.
The announcement comes before Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who has represented California in the Senate since 1992, has made any announcement about whether she will seek re-election in 2024 when her current term expires.
In a clip shared to social media, Porter, who won re-election to her House seat in the November midterm elections, said: “We’re living through a time of extraordinary change. I’m Katie Porter. Change can be electrifying and exhilarating, but change can also be disruptive — like the constant assault on our democracy and the dangerous imbalance in our economy.”
[This seems awkward at best, and entirely hostile to Feinstein. This session of Congress only started a week ago. Porter could have built her campaign quietly while giving Feinstein the dignity of acting first. I can’t imagine that this will endear Porter to fellow Democrats, but they may not have many good options at hand, either. — Ed]
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