Kamala Harris expected to announce for U.S. Senate tomorrow

[RandySF]

Attorney General Kamala Harris is expected to enter the 2016 race for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, following an apparent decision by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom to instead seek the governor’s office in 2018.

Sen. Barbara Boxer’s announcement Thursday that she would not seek a fifth term provoked many of the state’s top Democrats to consider the rare opportunity.

“It’s always better to be candid than coy,” Newsom, a 47-year-old Democrat, said Monday in a message posted on Facebook. “While I am humbled by the widespread encouragement of so many and hold in the highest esteem those who serve us in federal office, I know that my head and my heart, my young family’s future, and our unfinished work all remain firmly in the State of California – not Washington D.C. Therefore I will not seek election to the U.S. Senate in 2016.”

Harris aides said they expected her to be the first candidate to declare an intention to run.



http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article6076293.html#storylink=cpy

[The Rob Black Show]

1. I voted for her for AG

I think she'll make a fine senator. Newsom's a good pick for gov as well

[Warren DeMontague]

2. Newsom and Harris were at the top of my list.

So I guess that settles that.

[Cali_Democrat]

3. She's got my vote. nt