Sen. Dianne Feinstein's death creates a vacancy in the Senate at a time when her Democrats hold the slightest majority in the chamber.
Feinstein, a centrist Democrat who had represented California since 1992, had medical struggles in recent months that already had prompted questions about whether she'd resign and who might replace her.
The race to replace her in the fall 2024 election is already underway, with a primary scheduled for March. When then-Sen. Kamala Harris left her seat after being elected vice president in 2020, it went vacant for about two weeks until then-Secretary of State Alex Padilla was appointed by Newsom.Harris' departure from the Senate left Black women without any representation in the Senate. Newsom was under dual pressures to name either a Black woman or Latino to replace her, and he chose Padilla, who became California's first Latino U.S. senator.
Newsom could choose merely a caretaker to hold the seat as a short-term replacement until someone is elected in November 2024.
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