I'm sad Katie Porter will lose her House seat.

[OAITW r.2.0]

We need her voice, but Schiff deserves the Senate seat, He's fought the Trump Wars since the beginning.

[woodsprite]

1. Maybe Biden has a place for her in his administration. nt

[rubbersole]

3. He should.

A genuine rock star in the Democratic Party.

[Uncle Joe]

5. It would be a great waste of talent if he doesn't. n/t

[RainCaster]

16. I agree

Completely

[ZonkerHarris]

2. Like Katie didn't fight the Trump wars from the beginning? Please. Save it. nt

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. Seriously, Adam Schiff was the person putting his name and reputation on the line. He smoked Trump.

Deserves, IMHO and w/o a vote......a vote.

[global1]

4. Wasn't There Some Way Katie Could Protect Her House Seat In Case.....

she didn't win the Senate nod?

[Deuxcents]

8. I don't know but I wish she would have reconsidered and not have gone thru with this decision

[JohnSJ]

9. I believe she all ready endorsed someone for her seat.

[bottomofthehill]

12. Nope, it's a burn the boats strategy

If you run for higher office, you give up your seat. The congresswoman announces three days after her election that she was running for the Senate trying to freeze others out.

[Retrograde]

13. Can not run for two seats at the same time

per California election law.

[LauraInLA]

15. No, you can't run for two offices simultaneously in CA.

[SharonAnn]

30. I wish she hadn't run for Senate. She was an outstanding voice in the House.

Running against Schiff was always a really long shot. And between the two, if i lived in CA, I probably would've voted for Schiff for Senate. But it would've been a tough choice.

[FBaggins]

37. Not really

There was some talk of California changing their laws related to running for two offices at the same time last year... but whether the law allows it or not, it would destroy what had been (pre Garvey) a solid chance of winning the senate seat.

It's hard to convince voters that you're "all in" for the higher office if you also want to hold your old seat in reserve - and possibly even harder to win the nomination for your existing seat if everyone knows that you don't want to actually keep it.

The CA jungle primary system makes this even tougher. The Republican actually took the top slot in the primary last night by almost double digits. Would the top Democrat (Dave Min) have gotten out of her way or might the primary vote have been further fractured (potentially putting two Republicans on the November ballot)?

[Basic LA]

6. Especially in Orange County!

[RockRaven]

10. From the minute that the three of them filed to run for Senate instead of House,

they were all going to exit the House. It was always going to be a 3 of X for 1 of Y trade, at best.

[Initech]

11. I'm glad to have Adam Schiff as my senator!

And fuck Steve Garvey to the hottest of hells!

[relayerbob]

14. I wish she had just stayed there

She's excellent, I have nothing against her, but the whole CA Senate seat race on the Dem side was not something I was in favor of. I would support any of them, but in reality, they should have just say down and talked it through. Schiff was clearly the guy to beat, and they wasted a lot of energy, money, and a net two seats in the House for that.

[SunSeeker]

17. +1

Porter was my House representative. It's a purple district. I really wish she had run for re-election.

[CrispyQ]

27. What happened to strategy?

I was dumbstruck when I heard three of our reps were running for Feinstein's seat. It just seemed short-sighted & not very strategic to me especially at a time when we're fighting for our democracy. But maybe those are solid blue districts with no risk of going red. ???

[Happy Hoosier]

31. Porter's district at least is at risk.

Schiff's district is deep blue and safe.

Lee's district is also deep blue and safe.

Porter's is purple and at risk, though the turnout for the primary favored democrats. The Republican is the top vote-getter, but the two Democratic candidates' combined votes easily exceed his. Not necessarily indicative of the GE, but a sign odf hope, maybe?

IMHO, Porter should have stayed in the House for now. But I guess she saw the brass ring and decided to go for it. I can't really blame her for that, but it was probably not the best political decision of her career so far.

[baklava]

34. Porter's ego got the better of her

[Nixie]

32. I think Porter bought into a strategy by those trying to

force Feinstein out of office.

[baklava]

35. Very likely, given that she announced . . .

that she was running for Feinstein's seat even before it was confirmed that Feinstein wasn't going to run again.

[Jarqui]

18. Maybe Biden will consider her for a Cabinet position ...

She had trouble winning her seat in 2022.
Part of the reason for this attempt was to get her into something a little more secure.

It would be awful to lose her service entirely.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

29. Katie Porter will be awesome in a Cabinet position or part of the Biden Administration.

As with Adam Schiff, Katie Porter is an effective Legislator. Joe will find a place for her given her knack for facts and numbers.

As for the Congressional Districts, Democrats will win them. Same in New York as well.

[baklava]

36. Doubtful

Biden would likely want someone who is more of a team player, who can be diplomatic with congresspeople and senators, as well as others in the Biden administration. Pete Buttigieg is a good example of that. Porter's calling card, on the other hand, is promoting herself by direct confrontation.

[DFW]

43. Endorsing Nina Turner was a poorly thought out move.

Adam Schiff must have thought, when he heard about it, “I can’t believe it—she just handed me the Senate seat on a silver platter, and hasn’t the slightest clue that she did it!”

[mchill]

19. Schiff also won the interim Senate seat

So when does he get sworn in and I assume Beverly Hills will replace him with another Democrat??

Anyway, last I looked Schiff was leading Garvey for the November election so I assume the same vote for interim.

[mchill]

20. Correction--interim election very close

4300 votes apart
Schiff leads by 0.2%
68% of precincts reporting

[SocialDemocrat61]

23. He'll get sworn in January when the next term starts

Laphonza Butler was appointed by Newsom to serve out the interim term.

[mchill]

38. I realize he will win in November

But because of the split Dem vote he is fighting for his life to win the interim seat. Might this make the Senste 50/50 til November?

[SocialDemocrat61]

39. Both the election and special election are in November

Until then Laphonza Butler is serving out the term.

[mchill]

44. Does the Special Election seat the winner from

November on election day to the swearing in date in January? There has to be something different as we voted in two different elections.

[SocialDemocrat61]

45. I believe the winner is seated

as soon as the election is certified.

[mchill]

46. I thought so too but someone said no

[LeftInTX]

42. Is Beverly Hills in his district? It seems pretty Democratic to me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_30th_congressional_district

2022 Governor Newsom 75.0%

[Scrivener7]

21. Me too. I hope we see a lot more of her in some capacity.

[Vinca]

22. Me, too. That was a tough race because both deserved the spot.

[ificandream]

24. I'm very sad today. I was really hoping she'd win.

And I hope she won't go away. We need more like her.

[Fla Dem]

25. I'll miss her too. Bright spot in Congress. She'll land on her feet.

[JohnSJ]

26. He deserves the seat because he won the most votes.

[Jarqui]

28. I sent her a note

to tell her how wonderful I thought she was and to thank her

[mcar]

33. She should have stayed put

[GuppyGal]

40. It was freakin STUPID and short sighted and I'm sorry but over ambitious. NOW LOOK ! nt