SAN
DIEGO — Senator Dianne Feinstein suffered a setback in her effort
to win a sixth term representing California as the state
Democratic Party declined this weekend to endorse her re-election
bid.
Ms.
Feinstein is way ahead in most polls, and has a huge fund-raising
advantage over her main opponent, Kevin de León, the
California State Senate’s Democratic leader. Still, the vote here,
at a raucous and well-attended party convention, is the latest
indication of disenchantment with Feinstein, 84, among the party’s
grass-roots advocates.
A
candidate must garner the support of 60 percent of the delegates
to win the party’s nomination. None of the candidates running for
statewide election met that threshold.
Still,
Ms. Feinstein’s showing was particularly stark given her status as
a Democratic institution. Mr. de León drew 54 percent of the
vote, or 1,508 votes, compared with 37 percent, or 1,023 votes,
for Ms. Feinstein.
The
vote came after Mr. de León, who has been running an insurgent
campaign, delivered a blistering speech that reflects deep
divisions among Democrats here — and across the nation — about how
to respond to President Trump. Mr. de León questioned, among other
things, remarks Ms. Feinstein had made that were interpreted by
many Democratic activists here as sympathetic to Mr. Trump, and
suggested she was too conventional in taking on the White House.
“The
days of Democrats biding our time, biting our tongue, and
triangulating at the margins are over,” he said.
His
speech also reflected a feeling among many Democrats, particularly
younger ones, that it is time for the old guard of Democratic
leaders here to step aside. Gov. Jerry Brown, 79, is stepping
down at the end of the year because of term limits.
“California’s
greatness comes from acts of human audacity, not congressional
seniority,” Mr. de León said.
Ms.
Feinstein, in her remarks, talked about her success in the Senate
in pushing through a ban on assault weapons, which was later
phased out. She pledged to do it again if elected. But the pledge
was clearly not enough.
Throughout
her career, including when she served as mayor of San Francisco,
Ms. Feinstein has been more of a centrist and has struggled for
support in the most liberal wing of the party. Still, for all her
difficulties, she has appeared to be in a dominant position
leading into the June 5 primary with Mr. de León. A poll by the
Public Policy Institute of California this month found her leading
Mr. de León by a margin of 46 percent to 17 percent.
The
vote took place Saturday evening and was counted overnight as
party leaders took care, in tabulating the results, to avoid the
chaos and challenges that came after the election of Eric C.
Bauman as party leader in the face of a challenge from the party’s
insurgent wing.
On
Sunday morning, Mr. de León hailed the vote as “an astounding
rejection of politics as usual.”
“California
Democrats are hungry for new leadership that will fight for
California values from the front lines, not equivocate on the
sidelines,” he said.
The
immediate reaction from Ms. Feinstein was to snarl and promise to
steal more taxpayer cash before she becomes too much more senile
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