and long overdue.
California Democratic Party snubs Feinstein, endorses rival
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OAKLAND, Calif. — The California Democratic Party snubbed U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Saturday by handing its official endorsement and a badly needed boost to state Sen. Kevin de Leon, her longshot Democratic challenger.
In backing de Leon, a majority of the party’s 360-member executive board ignored Feinstein’s calls to stay neutral in the race. Her allies had warned an endorsement would create an intraparty squabble that could detract from important down-ballot races.
De Leon has long been courting party activists and appealed to those seeking a fresh face and a more progressive senator to fight against President Donald Trump.
“Today’s vote is a clear-eyed rejection of politics as usual in Washington, D.C.,” de Leon said in a statement after the vote. “We have presented Californians with the first real alternative to the worn-out Washington playbook in a quarter-century.”
A total of 217 delegates voted for de Leon, of Los Angeles, while 22 cast ballots for Feinstein and 94 voted for no endorsement.
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Stay neutral in the race sounds very much like rigging of Hillary's nomination and asking everyone to stay out which they did, and guess what happened. 217 to 22 votes against Feinstein is a very loud message that I hope reverberates through the rest of the country. This country no longer needs the lifers like Schumer, Pelosi or Feinstein and others. They provide no energy, no hope and only manage to get the Dem voters to stay home.
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