Rep. Adam Schiff Announces Major Political Move

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) looks on during a hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 Capitol breach on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 16, 2022. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) announced on Jan. 26 that he’s running for the U.S. Senate in California in 2024, to potentially succeed Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).

“We’re in the fight of our lives for the future of our country. Our democracy is under assault from MAGA extremists, who care only about gaining power and keeping it,”  Schiff, a former House Intelligence Committee chairman, said in a statement to news outlets. “And our economy is simply not working for millions of Americans, who are working harder than ever just to get by.”