California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff announced today he's going to be running for Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's seat in 2024, a declaration made slightly awkward by the fact that she has not yet announced plans to retire.
Feinstein, 89, has been serving in the Senate since 1992. (She's part of America's stagnant gerontocracy.) Some California Democrats have been pushing for her to retire for years, and concerns about her mental fitness and memory have increased as she's gotten older. Nevertheless, she said in 2022 that she had no plans to resign from her current term and won't announce whether she'll seek reelection until 2024.
