Stacey Abrams, a prominent Democratic voting rights advocate and former Georgia gubernatorial candidate, endorsed U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, Monday for U.S. Senate.
"Barbara Lee is the leader California and the nation need right now in the U.S. Senate," said Abrams in a statement."I am proud to endorse her for the U.S. Senate," the statement continued.
Lee is running against two House colleagues, U.S. Reps. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, and Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, to capture the seat being vacated by longtime Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who announced in February that she would not seek re-election in 2024. Republican attorney Eric Early announced in April that he would also seek the seat.
"I am honored and grateful to be endorsed by Stacey Abrams," said Lee."Her grassroots organizing was instrumental in changing the face of Georgia and moving the needle for progress in this country." Abrams, the former Georgia General Assembly House Minority Leader, is largely credited among Democrats with building a voter registration campaign that helped secure the state for President Biden in 2020.
Feinstein, 89, said she would serve the remainder of her term through the end of the year, but her absence since late February from her seat on the Senate Judiciary committee due to illness has prompted some calls for her to resign, including by Lee's campaign chair, U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Fremont.
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