Who will succeed US Senators Feinstein-CA, Grassley-IA, Shelby-AL,and Inhofe-OK?

[nkpolitics1212]

Feinstein(D-CA)
2024- Gavin Newsom-D, Eleni Kounalakis-D, or Fiona Ma-D
Grassley(R-IA)
2022- Pat Grassley-R, Ashley Hinson-R, or Kim Reynolds-R.
Shelby(R-AL)
2022- Roger Aderholt-R, John Merrill-R, or Mike Rogers-R.
Inhofe(R-OK)
2026-Kevin Stitt-R, Frank Lucas-R, or Markwayne Mullin-R
McConnell(R-KY)
2026- Andy Barr-R, Thomas Massie-R, Brett Guthrie-R or James Comer-R
Leahy(D-VT)
2028- TJ Donovan-D, or Molly Gray-D

[SoCalNative]

1. Feinstein needs to retire

so that Gavin can appoint her replacement for the remainder of her term.

[nkpolitics1212]

2. If Feinstein does retire before the 2022 Elections, who does Newsom appoint?.

Will he appoint a non white female to replace Feinstein?
Eleni Kounalakis-D
Fiona Ma-D
Nanette Barragan-D
London Breed-D

Newsom appointed Alex Padilla-D(a Hispanic male) to replace Kamala Harris-D(a black female).

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Guessing Feinstein will be

finishing her term on Sick leave. Do not expect her to be any where near the 2022 session,if she does bail early,look for her to be replace by Barb Lee .

[Janbdwl72]

4. Some interesting possible successors mentioned

nkpolitics1212 notes some interesting possibilities as successors. Let's hope each of these Senators retires by the next election, sooner in the instances of Grassley, Shelby & Inhofe.

All of these, including Feinstein, would be very good examples of the need for term limits. That will likely never become a reality.

[IowaGuy]

5. In Iowa...

I wouldn't be surprised if Matt Whitaker didn't take a run at it. He has never been successful and has failed miserably at running for any other elected office, but I can guarantee you his ego is telling him that Iowa wants and needs him in that job.