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Her seniority in the Senate, her fundraising prowess, her high name recognition in the state and her strong approval ratings make challenging her a less-than-appealing task.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, South, the Democratic consultant, says Feinstein's comments are a reminder of how far the party has moved to the left since she was first elected in 1992.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think it's gonna raise some eyebrows among the base,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"sSquVAf7xwG4hjWoHRZIsOgGHrGc4CYd\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On health care reform, Feinstein said she favored a public option for health care, but that's unlikely to satisfy supporters of single payer, also known as \"Medicare for All.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of National Nurses United and a fierce advocate of single-payer health care, says the public option won't solve problems with the Affordable Care Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The public option bears more in common with fool's gold,\" DeMoro said recently. \"It may look shiny, but it will still leave you broke.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feinstein also reminded the audience that she opposed NAFTA back in 1993 and thinks it needs to be changed or renegotiated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I didn't believe it was a great deal for California,\" she said of her feelings at the time. \"There was a great sucking sound of pushing things into Mexico.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Trump's pardon of controversial Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, Feinstein said, \"He was a terrible sheriff.\" She called the pardon \"a stupid thing to do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the event, Feinstein was questioned by her former campaign treasurer and longtime friend Ellen Tauscher, who represented the East Bay in the House of Representatives from 1997 to 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The questions, like \"What are your priorities?\" and \"What's your secret to bipartisanship?\" were friendly. 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"content": "\u003cp>By one measure, Dianne Feinstein is at the peak of a long political career, with her seniority, temperament and experience giving her unprecedented influence in the U.S. Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet, at age 84 and the oldest member of the Senate (the second-oldest, Charles Grassley of Iowa is three months younger), she can't quite shake the whispers that it might be best for her not seek re-election next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The whispers broke into a shout this week with an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Titled \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-meyerson-feinstein-run-20170731-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why Dianne Feinstein Shouldn't Run Again\u003c/a>,\" the column by Harold Meyerson, executive editor of the American Prospect, concluded with this sentence: \"Dianne Feinstein does herself -- and her state, and her party -- no favors by running for office one more time. Best to call it a day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I read that piece and I was surprised,\" Feinstein told KQED this week. \"It didn't mention any accomplishments, what I do, what I've achieved. The kind of day that I have, my ability. It's all sort of done on the basis of a numerical age and the fact that I'm not as liberal as some, although I consider myself a liberal.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feinstein is right that the column focused more on actuarial tables than actual results of her career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there's no denying that the energy in the Democratic Party is currently with the far left, as evidenced by the single-payer advocates who gave Feinstein so much trouble at a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/17/its-feinstein-vs-hecklers-at-town-hall-in-sf/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">town hall\u003c/a> meeting in April. For all her accomplishments, Feinstein's claim that she's a liberal is not entirely accurate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"CgTl4uJWCY1GMNMt4Nbep5gMKdpMiDIM\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her KQED interview, Feinstein acknowledged that \"I may not be as liberal as some ... maybe not to the extent of Bernie Sanders. But certainly that's been my history as a mayor (of San Francisco) for nine years.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who were present for her mayoralty would beg to differ. Feinstein took office under the worst of circumstances the day in November 1978 that Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated in City Hall. Anyone who saw the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NikqzmwbgU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video\u003c/a> of Feinstein that day knows she was a tower of strength and composure. She did an extraordinary job pulling the city together in its darkest hour and afterward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to say she was a liberal mayor doesn't entirely comport with history. Among other things, she vetoed a piece of legislation that would have allowed women to get equal pay for equal work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in 1982 she vetoed legislation to allow same-sex couples to register as \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/10/us/partnership-law-vetoed-on-coast.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">domestic partners\u003c/a> and receive benefits like health insurance. At the time, she said, \"I must believe in what I am defending. I would love to go out and defend a document for the changing lifestyles we have in our city. This is not that document.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-two years later, after Mayor Gavin Newsom allowed same-sex couples to marry in San Francisco, Feinstein, then a U.S. senator, said it contributed to John Kerry's loss to President George W. Bush. \"So I think what the whole issue has been too much, too fast, too soon,\" Sen. Feinstein said. \"And people aren't ready for it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"d98M2pWi82NVU3I2LyKaKl3Wjx1EiMho\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, many would agree. In fairness, as mayor, Dianne Feinstein took the lead in developing an extensive model of AIDS support services when other officials, like President Reagan and New York City Mayor Ed Koch, mostly looked the other way. It became known as \"the San Francisco model,\" and the gay community was deeply grateful for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether Feinstein is \"liberal enough\" is unlikely to determine whether or not she wins another six-year term. If she runs, she likely clears the field and wins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm at a position now, and some say it's seniority and I think some of it is drive, to be able to get even more done,\" Feinstein told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feinstein gives every indication she's running, but given her age and, more importantly, health challenges faced by husband Richard Blum, she still has time to change her mind. If she does, stand back lest you get run over by a horde of ambitious Democrats seeking to succeed her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Correction: The original version of this story incorrectly stated that Utah Senator Orrin Hatch is the second oldest U.S. Senator. In fact, he's the third oldest. The second oldest is Iowa Republican Charles Grassley. He is three months younger than Sen. Feinstein.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>A new \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3534932-2017-04-Feinstein-US-Senate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll\u003c/a> finds that California voters give Sen. Dianne Feinstein high marks for the job she's doing, but many have misgivings about the 83-year-old Democrat running for a sixth term next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley IGS survey reports that although 59 percent of registered voters approve of the job Feinstein is doing, only 48 percent think her running for re-election would be a good thing, while 52 percent think it would be a bad thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, when reminded that Feinstein will be 84 next year, just 38 percent think it would be good for her to run again, while 62 percent say it would be a bad thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some voters just think it might be time for someone new to take the Senate seat,\" says IGS pollster Mark DiCamillo. \"She's been in for quite a while.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DiCamillo notes that among No Party Preference (NPP) or \"independent voters,\" 60 percent say it would be a bad thing for Feinstein to run again, even before they're reminded of her age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"NPP voters often show you which way the wind is blowing on something like this where it’s a partisan issue,\" DiCamillo added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among voters \u003cem>not\u003c/em> reminded of Feinstein's age, 56 percent say they'd be inclined to vote for her, while 44 percent would not be. But among those reminded that she'd be 84 next year, it's split right down the middle, with 50 percent saying they'd be inclined to vote for her and 50 percent saying they would not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But here's a twist: When voters are asked to choose from a list of candidates they'd support if Feinstein does not seek re-election, Jerry Brown, who will be 80 next year, receives support from the highest percentage of voters (23 percent), followed by Fresno's former mayor, Ashley Swearengin, a Republican (22 percent).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rest, including Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (8 percent), congresswoman Jackie Speier (7 percent), congressman Adam Schiff (5 percent) and Attorney General Xavier Becerra (4 percent), are all in single digits. Twenty percent of those polled are undecided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What does pollster DiCamillo make of senior statesman Brown leading among voters who seem to think Feinstein might be too old?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not as if they're necessarily just looking for someone younger,\" DiCamillo said, \"but Jerry Brown would represent someone new and different in Washington.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, Feinstein, whose seniority gives her tremendous power in the Senate, would not be easy to beat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Certainly, incumbency has its advantages, so for candidates to be considering running against her, that would be formidable,\" DiCamillo notes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feinstein is taking steps to fend off a potential challenge from her left, such as opposing the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch and speaking out strongly against the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the reality of taking on a popular incumbent is complicated, says \u003ca href=\"https://polisci.ucsd.edu/about-our-people/faculty/faculty-directory/currently-active-faculty/kousser-profile.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thad Kousser\u003c/a>, chair of the UC San Diego political science department. \"People might \u003cem>want\u003c/em> a new face in California politics but it's still Sen. Feinstein's seat to give up,\" he says.\"If she decides she has the energy and passion to stay in the office, she'd be very hard to beat.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll also found California's junior senator, Kamala Harris, with 53 percent approval among registered voters. Twenty-seven percent disapproved of her performance as senator, while 20 percent had no opinion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Berkeley IGS poll is based on 1,000 California registered voters conducted by the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley. The poll was administered online by YouGov March 13-20, 2017. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.6 percent.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n[documentcloud url=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3534932-2017-04-Feinstein-US-Senate\" notes=\"true\" text=\"true\" search=\"true\" sidebar=\"true\" pdf=\"true\" responsive=\"true\" page=\"1\"]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"NPP voters often show you which way the wind is blowing on something like this where it’s a partisan issue,\" DiCamillo added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among voters \u003cem>not\u003c/em> reminded of Feinstein's age, 56 percent say they'd be inclined to vote for her, while 44 percent would not be. But among those reminded that she'd be 84 next year, it's split right down the middle, with 50 percent saying they'd be inclined to vote for her and 50 percent saying they would not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But here's a twist: When voters are asked to choose from a list of candidates they'd support if Feinstein does not seek re-election, Jerry Brown, who will be 80 next year, receives support from the highest percentage of voters (23 percent), followed by Fresno's former mayor, Ashley Swearengin, a Republican (22 percent).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rest, including Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (8 percent), congresswoman Jackie Speier (7 percent), congressman Adam Schiff (5 percent) and Attorney General Xavier Becerra (4 percent), are all in single digits. Twenty percent of those polled are undecided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What does pollster DiCamillo make of senior statesman Brown leading among voters who seem to think Feinstein might be too old?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not as if they're necessarily just looking for someone younger,\" DiCamillo said, \"but Jerry Brown would represent someone new and different in Washington.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, Feinstein, whose seniority gives her tremendous power in the Senate, would not be easy to beat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Certainly, incumbency has its advantages, so for candidates to be considering running against her, that would be formidable,\" DiCamillo notes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feinstein is taking steps to fend off a potential challenge from her left, such as opposing the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch and speaking out strongly against the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the reality of taking on a popular incumbent is complicated, says \u003ca href=\"https://polisci.ucsd.edu/about-our-people/faculty/faculty-directory/currently-active-faculty/kousser-profile.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thad Kousser\u003c/a>, chair of the UC San Diego political science department. \"People might \u003cem>want\u003c/em> a new face in California politics but it's still Sen. Feinstein's seat to give up,\" he says.\"If she decides she has the energy and passion to stay in the office, she'd be very hard to beat.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll also found California's junior senator, Kamala Harris, with 53 percent approval among registered voters. Twenty-seven percent disapproved of her performance as senator, while 20 percent had no opinion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Berkeley IGS poll is based on 1,000 California registered voters conducted by the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley. The poll was administered online by YouGov March 13-20, 2017. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.6 percent.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>By every indication, California Sen. Dianne Feinstein is running for re-election next year. In an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/18/will-she-or-wont-she-feinstein-hints-at-2018-run/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview with KQED in January\u003c/a>, Feinstein indicated she would be a candidate and has since begun raising money. But some in the party wonder if it isn't time for the 83-year-old Feinstein to step aside and let a younger Democrat take the baton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You kind of hear whispers by people behind the scenes,\" said San Jose State University political science professor emeritus Larry Gerston. \"They're worried about someone at that age taking on another term. That's the last thing Feinstein wants to hear, but it's out there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'It's difficult to say she'll be challenged by another Democrat, but if there's any time that would be ripe for that, it's 2018.'\u003ccite>Political science professor Larry Gerston\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Since 1994, when she barely won re-election, Feinstein has been re-elected three times with increasingly large margins as the Republican Party's share of the electorate shrank. But other than the 2000 race against moderate Silicon Valley opponent Tom Campbell, Feinstein has faced relatively weak Republican challengers at the outer edges of the GOP's increasingly conservative spectrum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, Feinstein's relatively moderate positions won her support in places Democrats generally don't fare well, like the Central Valley. And she's done extremely well on the liberal coast. But there are indications that in 2018, with President Donald Trump stirring up the Democratic base, things could be different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's difficult to say she'll be challenged by another Democrat,\" Gerston said, \"but if there's any time that would be ripe for that, it's 2018.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One San Francisco pol told me he thinks that if Feinstein \u003cem>did\u003c/em> get a serious challenger, she would decide not to run rather than have to jump through all the hoops of a serious campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"rWDENKey5uGfQzaegSubJogwJzSo4mcI\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we saw in last year's race for Barbara Boxer's Senate seat, the top two finishers in the June primary election were both Democrats, leaving Kamala Harris and Loretta Sanchez to face off in November. The chance that two people from the same party could face off changes the calculation of whether or not to jump into the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there's no shortage of Democrats itching to run for higher office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several -- including Lt. Gov. \u003ca href=\"http://www.gavinnewsom.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gavin Newsom\u003c/a>, state Treasurer \u003ca href=\"http://www.treasurer.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Chiang\u003c/a>, former Los Angeles Mayor \u003ca href=\"http://antonioforcalifornia.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antonio Villaraigosa\u003c/a> and former state Schools Superintendent \u003ca href=\"http://www.delaineforgovernor.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delaine Eastin\u003c/a> -- have already announced they're running to succeed termed-out Jerry Brown next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they and others could switch from a crowded governor's race to the U.S. Senate instead if there's an opportunity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Her job is to become so formidable that she discourages those folks from taking her on,\" Gerston said. \"But the older she gets, the more people resent incumbency, right or wrong.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'She can hold that seat by safe margins as long as she wants to.'\u003ccite>Political analyst Dan Schnur\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Feinstein's apparent reluctance to hold town hall-type meetings with constituents and her refusal to debate her last two Republican opponents have contributed to a sense that the San Francisco Democrat is a bit removed from voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, after 25 years in Washington, Feinstein has tremendous influence as a senior Democrat. She's the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and she's vice chair of the Intelligence Committee. She also has a deep well of support among party leaders, from Gov. Jerry Brown on down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She can hold that seat by safe margins as long as she wants to,\" said political analyst Dan Schnur from USC. He said it would be a \"suicide mission\" for another Democrat to take her on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Almost anyone willing to take a shot at her is by definition not viable,\" Schnur said, \"and anyone who's viable is going to want to preserve their viability.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, someone who would be a strong candidate for an open Senate seat, like Southern California congressman Adam Schiff, environmental activist Tom Steyer or Los Angeles Mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.lamayor.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Garcetti\u003c/a>, wouldn't want to poison their relationship with the party by taking on Feinstein.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And someone willing to take her on, Schnur believes, would likely be someone from the extreme left of the Democratic Party who under California's \"top two\" primary system probably couldn't win a statewide election against Feinstein in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcetti, who just won re-election with more than 80 percent of the vote, would seem to have lots of options and potential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10747654\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10747654\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-800x981.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.\" width=\"800\" height=\"981\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-800x981.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-400x491.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-1440x1766.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-1180x1447.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-960x1178.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is one of many Democrats thinking about higher office. \u003ccite>(Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"He has a lot of qualities that would do well in Washington,\" said Raphael Sonenshein, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs at Cal State Los Angeles. \"He's extremely articulate, telegenic, quick on his feet and has a very good demeanor for television.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcetti's landslide re-election this week has surely earned him the right to think about running for governor or the U.S. Senate. But, said Schnur, at age 46 Garcetti can also just bide his time and focus on being a good chief executive of his city. \"Being mayor of Los Angeles is not a death sentence or a career capper,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's also evidence that Feinstein, known for her bipartisan approach in Washington, is getting the message that the activist base of the party is restless and wants more opposition than cooperation with Republicans in Washington. 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She's the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and she's vice chair of the Intelligence Committee. She also has a deep well of support among party leaders, from Gov. Jerry Brown on down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She can hold that seat by safe margins as long as she wants to,\" said political analyst Dan Schnur from USC. He said it would be a \"suicide mission\" for another Democrat to take her on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Almost anyone willing to take a shot at her is by definition not viable,\" Schnur said, \"and anyone who's viable is going to want to preserve their viability.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, someone who would be a strong candidate for an open Senate seat, like Southern California congressman Adam Schiff, environmental activist Tom Steyer or Los Angeles Mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.lamayor.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Garcetti\u003c/a>, wouldn't want to poison their relationship with the party by taking on Feinstein.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And someone willing to take her on, Schnur believes, would likely be someone from the extreme left of the Democratic Party who under California's \"top two\" primary system probably couldn't win a statewide election against Feinstein in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcetti, who just won re-election with more than 80 percent of the vote, would seem to have lots of options and potential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10747654\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10747654\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-800x981.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.\" width=\"800\" height=\"981\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-800x981.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-400x491.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-1440x1766.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-1180x1447.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-960x1178.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is one of many Democrats thinking about higher office. \u003ccite>(Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"He has a lot of qualities that would do well in Washington,\" said Raphael Sonenshein, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs at Cal State Los Angeles. \"He's extremely articulate, telegenic, quick on his feet and has a very good demeanor for television.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcetti's landslide re-election this week has surely earned him the right to think about running for governor or the U.S. Senate. 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