Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) announced Tuesday that she is running for the 2024 US Senate.
Porter, who earned a media profile for her dogged questioning of House witnesses while often using a whiteboard to explain complicated issues, is seeking the seat currently held by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). Feinstein, who has been in the Senate since 1993, has not yet announced her plans, but there has been widespread speculation that she will not run again.
“California needs a fighter in the Senate — to represent special interests, address the dangerous imbalances in our economy, and hold so-called leaders like Mitch McConnell accountable for manipulating our democracy,” Porter said in a announcement video she released which was shared. posted on Twitter. .
Porter served on the Natural Resources and Oversight and Reform Committees during the last Congress. She chaired the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Research. She was elected to Congress in 2018 and narrowly won her Orange County seat in the last cycle. Last week, during the long, four-day vote for the next speaker in the House, she attracted attention when she was spotted reading The subtle art of not fk Friday at the hearing.
Author: Ted Johnson
Source: Deadline
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