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Former baseball player Steve Garvey speaks during a televised debate for candidates in the senate race on Jan. 22, 2024, in Los Angeles. California’s U.S. Senate race was expected to be a three-way Democratic prizefight. But the possibility of record-low turnout is elevating Garvey's chances to advance to the general election in November. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Jungle primary: Schiff eyes Senate face-off with GOP’s Garvey as a way to vanquish Democratic rivals

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. From a hot dog vendor to head of the formidable mercenary army Wagner Group, Prigozhin's rise through Russian society could easily be described as meteoric. But it all came to a sudden end when the plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded on Aug 23, 2023. (AP Photo, file)

Year in review: Influential people who died in 2023

By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press

Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., speaks during a media availability on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023 in Washington. A new generation of senators is working on gun violence prevention legislation in the aftermath of mass shootings. The effort by Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico and Sen. Angus King of Maine comes as Congress shows no signs of reinstating the landmark 1994 assault weapons ban from the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Senators tackle gun violence anew while Feinstein’s ban on assault weapons fades into history

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. From a hot dog vendor to head of the formidable mercenary army Wagner Group, Prigozhin's rise through Russian society could easily be described as meteoric. But it all came to a sudden end when the plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded on Aug 23, 2023. (AP Photo, file)

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2023

By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press

Laphonza Butler, D-Calif., is seen during a re-enactment of her swearing-in ceremony to the Senate to succeed the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The crowded, wide-open race to succeed the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has hit a suspenseful turn as candidates wait for the newly appointed senator to decide if she will seek reelection after being picked to complete the remainder of Feinstein's term. Butler, a Democratic insider and former labor leader, had never held public office before joining the Senate. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

To run or not to run? New California senator faces tough decision on whether to enter 2024 campaign

By Michael R. Blood - Associated Press

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. Lee filed paperwork Wednesday, Feb. 15, to enter the race for the seat held by long-serving Sen. Dianne Feinstein, adding another Democrat and a nationally recognized Black woman to a growing field that already includes two other members of Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Dem lawmaker vying to replace Feinstein in Senate calls for $50-per-hour federal minimum wage

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

The body of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is placed at City Hall where it will lie in state, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in San Francisco. Feinstein, who died Sept. 29, served as San Francisco's mayor. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

President Biden praises Dianne Feinstein as defender of American values at San Francisco memorial

By Janie Har - Associated Press

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the House floor after being ousted as Speaker of the House at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Two U.S. lawmakers dead — one politically, the other for real

By Joseph Curl

Vice President Kamala Harris, right, swears in Laphonza Butler, D-Calif., left, to the Senate to succeed the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein during a re-enactment of the swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Butler's wife, Neneki Lee, center, holds the Bible. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Laphonza Butler sworn in to replace late Dianne Feinstein; 3rd Black female senator in U.S. history

By Mary Clare Jalonick and Michael R. Blood - Associated Press

San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein carries a candle as she leads an estimated 15,000 marchers also carrying candles during a march in memory of slain Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk in San Francisco, Nov. 28, 1979. After Feinstein, the nation’s oldest sitting U.S. senator, died at age 90, LGBTQ+ leaders are lauding her as a longtime friend dating to a time when not many could be found. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Dianne Feinstein was at the center of a key LGBTQ+ moment. She’s being lauded as an evolving ally

By Jeff McMillan - Associated Press

This image from U.S. Senate video, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks about the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein in the Senate chamber on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Washington. Gillibrand brought a drawing Feinstein had given her and wore red lipstick in her honor. (Senate Television via AP)

The Dianne Feinstein they knew: Women of the Senate remember a tireless fighter and a true friend

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

The Senate Judiciary Committee's ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. returns to Capitol Hill in Washington, March 22, 2017, to hear testimony from Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein dies at 90, praised as trailblazer for women

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

California Gov. Gavin Newsom fields questions in the spin room before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX Business Network and Univision, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Feinstein’s death puts pressure on Newsom to pick a replacement that satisfies party’s liberal base

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Flowers rest at a bust depicting U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein at City Hall in San Francisco on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992 in the "Year of the Woman" and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She was 90. (AP Photo/ Benjamin Fanjoy)

Flags at half-staff to honor Dianne Feinstein

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., heads to a vote on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Feinstein focuses on Congress, gives daughter power of attorney on court matters

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks during the Senate Intelligence hearing, July 12, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 90, falls at home and goes to hospital, but scans are clear, her office says

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks during the Senate Intelligence hearing, July 12, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) **FILE**

Sen. Feinstein briefly hospitalized after suffering ‘minor fall’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is assisted to a wheelchair by staff as she returns to the Senate after a more than two-month absence, at the Capitol in Washington on May 10, 2023. Attorneys Feinstein, the oldest member of Congress who has been beset with serious health problems, assert in a court filing on Monday, July 17, 2023, that she is being stiffed on payments for “significant” medical bills by a trust created for her benefit by her wealthy, late husband. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

California Sen. Feinstein seeks more control over her late husband’s trust to pay medical bills

By Michael R. Blood - Associated Press

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass waits to speak during a news conference in Los Angeles on Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

L.A. mayor on Sen. Dianne Feinstein: ‘I worry about her’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., leaves the chamber following a hectic series of amendment votes and final passage on the big debt ceiling and budget cuts package, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 1, 2023. The legislation now goes to President Joe Biden's desk to become law before the fast-approaching default deadline. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Most California voters want Sen. Dianne Feinstein to resign

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times