Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is running for re-election in 2018 at the age 85.

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5. Age is usually not a determining factor.

Feinstein has been a decent Senator for California. I am not particularly a fan of her flirtations with authoritarianism. In my humble opinion, she has been a bit too fond of allowing the government to tap phones and gather information on us during her tenure. Given what she has seen and experienced in her life, I can understand the tendency, but as I said, not the biggest fan.

That said, in California, with open primaries, we will likely see two Democratic nominees for Feinstein's seat if anyone other than Feinstein runs on the Democratic side. We had to Dems run for Barbara Boxer's old seat but that was a vacant seat. We had conservative Democratic politician Loretta Sanchez against Kamala Harris. We will have to see if another Dem challenges Diane. I would prefer to have a choice between two Democratic contenders but obviously if Feinstein is the Democratic candidate, she will have my vote over any one else.