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Here's What You Should Know About Barbara Lee

Marisa LagosGuy Marzorati
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Marisa Lagos and Guy Marzorati pose with Oakland Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who's running for the US Senate seat held for more than 30 years by the late Dianne Feinstein. (Izzy Bloom/KQED)

Barbara Lee is the only woman of color and the most progressive candidate running for U.S. Senate in California. If elected, it would be the cap to a long career that started with Shirley Chisholm’s groundbreaking 1972 presidential campaign. Marisa and Guy chat with Oakland Congresswoman Barbara Lee in the first of Political Breakdown’s interviews with the candidates hoping to claim the seat held for more than 30 years by the late Dianne Feinstein.

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