U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has won first place in the California primary, easily moving to the general election as she seeks a fifth full term.
Feinstein’s opponent hasn’t yet been determined.
California runs a primary system where the two highest vote-getters move on, regardless of party. That means Feinstein could face a fellow Democrat in November.
The 84-year-old Feinstein was first elected to the Senate in 1992 after serving as San Francisco mayor and running unsuccessfully for governor.
She is the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
Here is Feinstein’s statement:
“Hello everyone! Well, it looks like the primary polls have just closed.
This is Dianne Feinstein. I’m running for the United States Senate to protect California in what are difficult and contentious times. This means standing up for our values as your United States Senator as well as working to pass legislation important to us in California.
This include a commitment to universal health care, to economic opportunity for all, to the protection and preservation of our environment, to raising the federal minimum wage to $15, to solving the water problem which is tough, to civil rights, voting rights, LGBT rights and to a woman’s right to choose.
It also means protecting our Dreamers from Donald Trump’s immigration policies, ending the forced separation of immigrant children from their families. The enactment of common-sense gun law is also long overdue.
Together, in this election, we must dedicate ourselves to those values, because they have made California a great state, ending the one-party control of our federal government and moving our nation away from division and polarization.
Again, thanks so much for your support and for your faith in me. I’m not going to let you down.
Now it’s on to November!”
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