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ANALYSIS: Lee’s Senate Run Shows Major Divide in California Democrat Party

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ANALYSIS: Lee’s Senate Run Shows Major Divide in California Democrat Party
The flag of California in Newport Beach, Calif., on Aug. 25, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Jackson Richman
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Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) announcing her Senate run on Feb. 21 highlighted a schism in the California Democrat Party.

Lee joined the Democrat field looking to succeed Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who has been in the upper congressional chamber since 1992.

Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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