Nunes won't challenge Feinstein in CA

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: The Hill

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) won't challenge Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) after all.

A day after Nunes hinted at run for the Senate, his chief of staff ruled out the possibilitiy.

"Devin is running for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives, period," Johnny Amaral, Nunes's chief of staff, told the Sacramento Bee. "He's not running for the Senate."

Nunes would have been facing an uphill battle: While a September poll showed Feinstein as vulnerable, California is a blue state that has only become more Democratic in recent years because of the state's growing Hispanic population.

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