Barbara Lee Enters U.S. Senate Race To Succeed Dianne Feinstein
deadline.comRep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) officially entered the U.S. Senate race to succeed Dianne Feinstein, who is not seeking another term.
Lee joins a Democratic field that includes two colleagues, Adam Schiff and Katie Porter. “I’ve never backed down from what’s right,” Lee said in her announcement. “And I never will.
Californians deserve a strong, progressive leader who delivers real change.” In her campaign video, Lee recalled growing up in segregation, of having an abortion “in a back alley when they all were illegal, and of becoming a homeless single mom. “They didn’t want to hear my voice or anyone who wasn’t like them, but by the grace of God, I didn’t let that stop me,” Lee said in the video.
Lee, first elected to the House in 1998, was the subject of a 2021 documentary, Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power. Her campaign video also highlights that she was the lone vote against authorizing the use of force in Afghanistan in 2001.
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