Porter gets jump on Feinstein, others with Senate bid
Porter is one of the more prolific fundraisers in the House, and ended November with about $7.7 million left in her campaign account, which she can use to jumpstart her Senate bid.
Now that's she's officially in, eyes will turn to the other members of California's delegation and other top politicians in the state who will have to decide whether they want to jump in to counter Porter or give Feinstein space to make her own decision first.
It's not the first time a California Democrat has sought to get out in front of an incumbent in a Senate bid. In 1992, Democratic Rep. Barbara Boxer announced her Senate bid before the sitting senator, Democratic Sen. Alan Cranston, announced his own retirement.
"I think it's been a while since we've had any [excitement] in politics. Hasn't it?" Boxer said at the time, according to the Los Angeles Times.
