Democratic women’s groups and progressive activists are pulling out the stops to slow Rep. Adam Schiff’s campaign to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein
It’s a torrent of criticism Schiff’s supporters have met with eye rolls. “He was as progressive as you could be on the most important thing of all: defending the rule of law in our democracy,” says Rep. Jared Huffman , who endorsed Schiff’s candidacy last month. As for the concerns about identity politics, too much focus on them have “gotten us in a lot of trouble,” California Assemblymember Tina McKinnor, a Black progressive who represents Inglewood and endorsed Schiff.
To Democrats devoted to electing women, the possibility of Schiff’s election has been met as a five-alarm fire. For most of the last three decades, both of California’s U.S. Senate seats were held by women. Feinstein and Boxer were elected in 1992, the so-called “Year of the Woman.” Upon retiring, Boxer was followed in 2017 by Kamala Harris, and when Harris ascended to the vice presidency, her successor was Alex Padilla.
Others view Lee’s candidacy as an opportunity to send a Black woman to the Senate, a body with none at present and only two in its entire history . “California provides a unique path to sending this woman to the Senate that Florida and North Carolina couldn’t do [in 2022],” says Aimee Alison, a California-based Democratic strategist and founder of She the People, which supports women of color running for office.
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