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California Congressman Adam Schiff announces his run for the Senate, stepping into what could be the most crowded and senior elementary school race of the 2024 cycle.
Schiff claims his run in a videos on Twitter Thursday. He joined Congresswoman Katie PorterWho announce her bid for seats earlier this month. Representatives Ro Khanna and Barbara Lee can also consider running.
The seat currently held by 89-year-old Dianne Feinstein certainly belongs to the Democrats, but the rest of the 2024 Senate map is expected to make it difficult for the party – with incumbents going to running for re-election in swing states like Michigan, Ohio and Arizona. Democrats are also poised to run for re-election in the staunchly conservative Montana and West Virginia.
Feinstein has not said whether she will run for re-election or retire next year. She told reporters she’ll likely make her decision “in a few months,” but she doesn’t mind the others entering the race before then.
“I think everything is fine. I think people should run, if they want to run, run,” Feinstein said the day before Schiff announced. “For me, I just need a little more time.”
Schiff, 62, rose to national prominence during the first impeachment of former President Donald Trump. As Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, he played a key role in the investigation and also served as impeachment manager.
In his campaign announcement, he called Trump’s impeachment “his greatest job yet.” [his] life.”
“I wish I could say that the threat of extremism is over. It’s not,” he said. “Republicans today are gutting the middle class and threatening our democracy. They won’t stop. We have to stop them.”
Schiff also served on the panel investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2000, after serving in the California Senate and as an Assistant United States Attorney in Los Angeles.
