In a new interview with NBC's 'Meet the Press,' the California governor said he would not select any of the candidates currently running to replace the ailing senator.
vie to replace retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said in an interview with NBC's"Meet the Press" that he would not appoint any of them to the seat, should it become vacant sooner than expected.
“Yes. Interim appointment. I don’t want to get involved in the primary,” Newsom said. “It would be completely unfair to the Democrats that have worked their tail off. That primary is just a matter of months away. I don’t want to tip the balance of that.” Feinstein, 90, has resisted calls to resign and said she intends to serve out the remainder of her term, which ends in January 2025.over her late husband’s multi-million-dollar estate has renewed questions about her ability to do her job.the prospect of having to fill another Senate vacancy, having already hand-picked his state’s other senator, Alex Padilla, to fill the seat vacated by now-Vice President Kamala Harris.
California politicos widely understood that pledge as a nod to Lee, 77, an elder statesperson of both progressive and African American politics in California, and Newsom’s allies did little to combat that notion. But that was almost two years before Feinstein announced she would retire at the end of her term, opening a heated contest for the seat.
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