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The Importance of Replacing Dianne Feinstein
Gavin Newsom has promised that if Feinstein resigns, he will appoint a black woman to replace her and Barbara Lee becomes the most obvious choice. John Lovett would be the standard way in which these things are often done. If there is already either an ongoing race or a likely race between two high profile contenders when Robert Byrd passed away, Joe Manchin appointed one of his own staffers to just who would pledge not to run again. Same thing happened after Ted Kennedy died.