Something to think about re: CA-Senate Primary

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6. But that's the usual. Congressional makeup changes every 2 years anyway.

Every freshman class brings valuable new talent and potential great leaders of the future, but that requires openings to fill.

And Schiff and Porter won't exactly be dying, they'll both remain dynamic political figures whether they remained in elective politics or not. Porter has a very impressive background in the law and so far was able to be a far more effective force outside congress; her ambitions, and certainly her abilities, might take her to high appointed office, including the judiciary.