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| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|9|29|1933|6|22}}
| death_place = Washington, D.C.,<!-- DO NOT LINK this, see [[MOS:OVERLINK]]. --> U.S.
| resting_place = [[Hills of Eternity Memorial Park]], [[Colma, California]]
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Jack Berman|1956|1959|end=div}}|{{marriage|Bertram Feinstein|1962|1978|end=died}}|{{marriage|[[Richard C. Blum]]|1980|2022|end=died}}}}
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'''Dianne Emiel Feinstein'''{{efn|Pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|aɪ|n|s|t|aɪ|n}}}} ({{nee|'''Goldman'''}}; June 22, 1933 – September 29, 2023) was an American politician who served as a [[United States senator from California]] from 1992 until her death in 2023. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], she served as [[mayor of San Francisco]] from 1978 to 1988.<ref name="famousfolk.com">{{cite web |title=Fe |work=Real Names of Famous Folk |url=http://www.famousfolk.com/real/names-f/fe.shtml |access-date=November 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405184230/http://www.famousfolk.com/real/names-f/fe.shtml |archive-date=April 5, 2008}}</ref>
A San Francisco native, Feinstein graduated from [[Stanford University]] in 1955.<ref>{{Cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=September 29, 2023 |title=Timeline: Dianne Feinstein's life and career achievements |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/timeline-dianne-feinstein/3329999/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117041740/https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/timeline-dianne-feinstein/3329999/ |archive-date=January 17, 2024 |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=NBC Bay Area |language=en-US}}</ref> She was elected to the [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors]] in 1969 and immediately became the board's first female president upon her appointment in 1970. In 1978, during a third stint as the board's president, [[Moscone–Milk assassinations|the assassinations]] of Mayor [[George Moscone]] and City Supervisor [[Harvey Milk]] drew national attention. Feinstein succeeded Moscone as mayor and became the first woman to serve in that position. During [[Mayoralty of Dianne Feinstein|her tenure]], she led the renovation of [[San Francisco cable car system|the city's cable car system]] and oversaw the [[1984 Democratic National Convention]]. Despite a [[1983 San Francisco mayoral recall election|recall attempt in 1983]], Feinstein was a popular mayor and was named the most effective mayor in the country by ''[[City & State]]'' in 1987.<ref name="clipped">{{cite news|date=March 13, 1990|title=Clipped From The Los Angeles Times|page=120|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64996988/the-los-angeles-times/|access-date=April 8, 2021|archive-date=December 10, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201210072832/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64996988/the-los-angeles-times/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=October 24, 1986|title=Clipped From The Los Angeles Times|page=32|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65160552/the-los-angeles-times/|access-date=April 8, 2021|archive-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201212224259/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65160552/the-los-angeles-times/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Macdonald|first=Katharine|date=April 27, 1983|title=Mayor Feinstein Easily Defeats Recall Attempt|language=en-US|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/04/27/mayor-feinstein-easily-defeats-recall-attempt/9b944502-3f91-443e-b21b-b9c10b573a0e/|access-date=April 8, 2021|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201211015759/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/04/27/mayor-feinstein-easily-defeats-recall-attempt/9b944502-3f91-443e-b21b-b9c10b573a0e/|url-status=live}}</ref>
After losing a [[1990 California gubernatorial election|race for governor in 1990]], Feinstein was elected to the [[U.S. Senate]] in a [[1992 United States Senate special election in California|1992 special election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-deleon-senate-20180817-story.html|title=De León captures California's anti-Trump furor, but struggles to gain traction in run to oust Feinstein|last=Finnegan|first=Michael|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 17, 2018|access-date=August 18, 2018|archive-date=July 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716190504/https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-deleon-senate-20180817-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 1992, she became California's first female U.S. senator; shortly afterward, she became the state's [[senior senator]] when [[Alan Cranston]] retired in January 1993. Feinstein was reelected five times. In the [[2012 United States Senate election in California|2012 election]], she received 7.86 million votes,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-general/11-us-senator.pdf |title=2012 U.S. Senate Election Results – California |website=Elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov |access-date=July 7, 2023 |archive-date=June 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608054124/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-general/11-us-senator.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> the most [[Direct election|popular votes]] received by any U.S. Senate candidate in history.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/kevin-de-leon-takes-dianne-feinstein-left-140208813.html|title=Kevin de León takes on Dianne Feinstein from the left|author=Romano, Andrew|publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=February 28, 2018|access-date=August 18, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=November 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123150404/https://www.yahoo.com/news/kevin-de-leon-takes-dianne-feinstein-left-140208813.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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As a senator, Feinstein authored the 1994 [[Federal Assault Weapons Ban]], was the first woman to chair the [[Senate Rules Committee]] and the [[Senate Intelligence Committee]], and was the first woman to preside over [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|a U.S. presidential inauguration]]. She chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee from 2009 to 2015<ref name= tran /> and was the [[ranking member]] of the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] from 2017 to 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/diane-feinstein-elected-senator-year-of-the-woman |title=1992: Dianne Feinstein elected California Senator in the "Year of the Woman" |website=History.com |access-date=July 7, 2023 |archive-date=July 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708023948/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/diane-feinstein-elected-senator-year-of-the-woman |url-status=live }}</ref>
Feinstein's last years in office were marred by poor health and concerns about her mental acuity to serve.<ref name="Mayer">{{cite magazine|last=Mayer|first=Jane|title=Dianne Feinstein's Missteps Raise a Painful Age Question Among Senate Democrats|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/dianne-feinsteins-missteps-raise-a-painful-age-question-among-senate-democrats|date=December 9, 2020|access-date=January 8, 2021|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|language=en-US|archive-date=December 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210144310/https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/dianne-feinsteins-missteps-raise-a-painful-age-question-among-senate-democrats|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/dianne-feinstein-says-she-isnt-leaving-the-senate-anytime-soon-652620|title=Dianne Feinstein says she isn't leaving the Senate anytime soon|work=The Jerusalem Post|last=Kampeas|first=Ron|date=December 19, 2020|access-date=December 19, 2020|archive-date=December 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219064740/https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/dianne-feinstein-says-she-isnt-leaving-the-senate-anytime-soon-652620|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/dianne-feinstein-senator-age-memory-b2058066.html|title=Multiple senators say Dianne Feinstein declining mentally and unfit to serve, report claims|last=Garcia|first=Eric|work=[[The Independent]]|date=April 14, 2022|access-date=April 14, 2022|archive-date=April 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414170828/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/dianne-feinstein-senator-age-memory-b2058066.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4024613-feinstein-expressed-confusion-over-kamala-harris-presiding-over-senate-report/|title=Feinstein expressed confusion over Kamala Harris presiding over Senate: report|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|first=Sarah|last=Fortinsky|date=May 28, 2023|access-date=May 30, 2023|archive-date=May 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529140355/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4024613-feinstein-expressed-confusion-over-kamala-harris-presiding-over-senate-report/|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2023, Feinstein announced she would not seek reelection [[2024 United States Senate elections in California|in 2024]].<ref name="politicoretire">{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Jeremy B. |last2=Levine |first2=Marianne |date=February 14, 2023 |title=Feinstein passes on Senate reelection in 2024 |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/14/dianne-feinstein-passes-senate-reelection-2024-00082786 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214210726/https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/14/dianne-feinstein-passes-senate-reelection-2024-00082786 |archive-date=February 14, 2023 |access-date=February 14, 2023 |work=[[Politico]]}}</ref>
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Feinstein was born Dianne Emiel Goldman<ref name="famousfolk.com" /> on June 22, 1933,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mascaro |first1=Lisa |last2=Blood |first2=Michael |last3=Balsamo |first3=Michael |last4=Jaronick |first4=Mary Clare |title=Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, an advocate for liberal priorities, dies at age 90 |url=https://apnews.com/article/dianne-feinstein-dead-c831f3228ac44faa9653234570bb8ce9 |access-date=September 29, 2023 |work=AP News |date=September 29, 2023 |language=en |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929131430/https://apnews.com/article/dianne-feinstein-dead-c831f3228ac44faa9653234570bb8ce9 |url-status=live }}</ref> in San Francisco to [[Leon Goldman (1904–1975)|Leon Goldman]], a prominent surgeon,<ref>Lisa Mascaro, Michael R. Blood, Michael Balsamo, Mary Clare Jalonic, [https://apnews.com/article/dianne-feinstein-dead-c831f3228ac44faa9653234570bb8ce9 "Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, an advocate for liberal priorities, dies at age 90"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929131430/https://apnews.com/article/dianne-feinstein-dead-c831f3228ac44faa9653234570bb8ce9 |date=September 29, 2023 }} , [[Associated Press]] (AP), September 29, 2023</ref> and his wife, Betty (née Rosenburg), a former model. Her paternal grandparents were [[Jewish immigrants from Poland in the United States|Jewish immigrants from Poland]]. Her maternal grandparents, the Rosenburgs, were from [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia.<ref name="background">{{cite book|last1=Slater|first1=Elinor|last2=Slater|first2=Robert|title=Great Jewish Women|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=34NtAAAAMAAJ&q=Feinstein|url-status=live|publisher=Jonathan David Publishers|year=1994|isbn=978-0-8246-0370-0|location=Middle Village, New York|page=78|access-date=April 10, 2016|archive-date=April 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414135929/https://books.google.com/books?id=34NtAAAAMAAJ&q=Feinstein}} (The [[Pale of Settlement]] policy restricted Jews to living in specifically designated parts of [[Russian Empire|Czarist Russia]]. They were excluded from living in the main Russian cities.)</ref> Although they were of German-Jewish ancestry,<ref name="Stone2010">{{cite book|author=Kurt F. Stone |title=The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ACTF56SnaykC&pg=PA506|date=December 29, 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7738-2|pages=506–}}</ref> they practiced the [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox (Christian)]] faith, as [[Pale of Settlement|was required]] of [[History of the Jews in Saint Petersburg|Jews in Saint Petersburg]].<ref name="background" /><ref name="books.google.com">{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OtkjAQAAIAAJ&q=%22DIANNE+FEINSTEIN%22+ROSENBURG+german |title=California |publisher=New West Communications Corporation |date=July 1984 |access-date=April 10, 2016 |archive-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414135950/https://books.google.com/books?id=OtkjAQAAIAAJ&q=%22DIANNE+FEINSTEIN%22+ROSENBURG+german |url-status=live }}</ref> Christianity was passed down to Feinstein's mother, who insisted on her transfer from a [[Jewish day school]] to a prestigious local Catholic school, but Feinstein listed her religion as Judaism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/feinstein-dianne|title=Dianne Feinstein|author=Leiman, Sandra|work=Jewish Women's Archive|access-date=September 12, 2020|archive-date=May 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530231611/https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/feinstein-dianne|url-status=live}}</ref>
She graduated from [[Convent of the Sacred Heart High School (California)|Convent of the Sacred Heart High School]] in 1951 and from [[Stanford University]] in 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts in history.<ref>{{cite web|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Dianne Feinstein {{!}} National News {{!}} US News|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-04-14/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-dianne-feinstein|access-date=September 25, 2018|website=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|archive-date=June 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616134216/https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-04-14/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-dianne-feinstein|url-status=live}}</ref> According to multiple sources{{which|date=October 2023}}, Feinstein's mother was abusive. Feinstein's sister, Yvonne Banks, said their mother had unpredictable moods. Later, Feinstein's mother received a brain scan that found that the part of her brain responsible for judgment had [[brain atrophy|atrophied]], "possibly because of complications from a severe illness as a child".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sheehy |first1=Gail |title=The Lioness in Winter |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/dianne-feinstein-versus-donald-trump/ |website=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |access-date=October 12, 2022 |archive-date=October 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013020108/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/dianne-feinstein-versus-donald-trump/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lochhead |first1=Carolyn |title=Dianne Feinstein: 4 decades of influence |url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Dianne-Feinstein-4-decades-of-influence-3968314.php |website=San Francisco Chronicle |date=October 21, 2012 |access-date=October 12, 2022 |archive-date=October 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013020108/https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Dianne-Feinstein-4-decades-of-influence-3968314.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Early political career ==
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{{Main|Mayoralty of Dianne Feinstein}}
After San Francisco Mayor [[George Moscone]] and Supervisor [[Harvey Milk]] were [[Moscone–Milk assassinations|assassinated]] by former
[[File:Mayor Diane Feinstein Cable Car.jpeg|left|thumb|upright=0.81|Feinstein riding a [[Cable car (railway)|cable car]] in San Francisco during her tenure as mayor, {{circa}}1978–1988]]
One of Feinstein's first challenges as mayor was the state of the [[San Francisco cable car system]], which was shut down for emergency repairs in 1979; an engineering study concluded that it needed comprehensive rebuilding at a cost of $60 million. Feinstein helped win federal funding for the bulk of the work. The system closed for rebuilding in 1982 and was completed in time for the [[1984 Democratic National Convention]].<ref name="cablecar">{{cite web|title=Museums in Motion – 1984: Rejuvenation |publisher=Market Street Railway |url=http://www.streetcar.org/mim/spotlight/yesterday/rejuvenation/index.html |access-date=October 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116102721/http://www.streetcar.org/mim/spotlight/yesterday/rejuvenation/index.html |archive-date=November 16, 2010 }}</ref> Feinstein also oversaw policies to increase the number of San Francisco's high-rise buildings.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/sanfrancisco_mayor.html |title=Gavin Newsom Mayor of San Francisco |author=Andrew Stevens |publisher=[[City Mayors Foundation]] |access-date=March 11, 2008 |archive-date=April 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410162508/http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/sanfrancisco_mayor.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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In 1991, Wilson resigned from the Senate to take office as governor of California.<ref name="The Baltimore Sun-1991">{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-09-23-1991266158-story.html|title=GOP split deepens Democratic optimism in California On Politics Today|date=September 23, 1991|website=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=July 7, 2023|archive-date=July 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707174317/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-09-23-1991266158-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Feinstein ran for U.S. Senate in a 1992 special election to complete Wilson's term.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/25/us/the-1992-campaign-senate-races-women-s-issues-draw-attention-in-two-contests.html|title=THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Senate Races; Women's Issues Draw Attention In Two Contests|first=B. Drummond Ayres|last=Jr|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 25, 1992|access-date=July 7, 2023|archive-date=July 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707174316/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/25/us/the-1992-campaign-senate-races-women-s-issues-draw-attention-in-two-contests.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the Democratic primary, she defeated Joseph Alioto and [[California State Controller]] [[Gray Davis]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/03/us/the-1992-campaign-california-2-women-win-nomination-in-california-senate-races.html|title=THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: California; 2 Women Win Nomination In California Senate Races|first=Robert|last=Reinhold|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 3, 1992|access-date=July 7, 2023|archive-date=November 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122162025/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/03/us/the-1992-campaign-california-2-women-win-nomination-in-california-senate-races.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In November, she faced Republican [[John Seymour (California politician)|John Seymour]], whom Wilson had appointed to the Senate the previous year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/03/us/new-senator-from-california-is-named.html|title=New Senator From California Is Named|first1=Jane|last1=Gross|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 3, 1991|access-date=July 7, 2023|archive-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618075333/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/03/us/new-senator-from-california-is-named.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="The Baltimore Sun-1991"/> Feinstein won the November 3 special election, 54.3%–38%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1992-general/us-senator.pdf |title=1992 U.S. Senate Election Results for California |website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov |access-date=July 7, 2023 |archive-date=April 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416161954/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1992-general/us-senator.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-05-mn-1688-story.html|title=For Seymour, Race Ended Before He Found His Stride: Defeat: Appointed senator started out behind and never got close. But allies predict he'll be back.|first=Ralph|last=Frammolino|date=November 5, 1992|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=July 7, 2023|archive-date=July 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707174316/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-05-mn-1688-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Like Feinstein, [[Barbara Boxer]] was first elected to the Senate on November 3, 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://marinmagazine.com/community/history/boxers-big-night/|title=Boxer's Big Night|website=MarinMagazine.com|first=Jim|last=Wood|date=October 27, 2014|access-date=July 7, 2023|archive-date=July 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707174318/https://marinmagazine.com/community/history/boxers-big-night/|url-status=live}}</ref> Because Feinstein was elected to complete an unexpired term, she was sworn in as a senator in November 1992,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-11-mn-282-story.html|title=Feinstein Takes Oath as U.S. Senator|first=Glenn F.|last=Bunting|date=November 11, 1992|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=July 7, 2023|archive-date=July 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717234529/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-11-mn-282-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> while Boxer did not take office until January 1993; therefore, Feinstein became California's [[Seniority in the United States Senate|senior senator]]. She also became the first female Jewish U.S. senator.<ref name="Jewish">{{cite web |url=https://jwa.org/blog/jewesses-in-politics-represent |title=Jewesses in politics represent! |publisher=Jwa.org |date=November 5, 2002 |access-date=April 27, 2018 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327183300/https://jwa.org/blog/jewesses-in-politics-represent |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="congress1">{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/member/dianne-feinstein/F000062 |title=Dianne Feinstein |publisher=Congress.gov |access-date=April 27, 2018 |archive-date=June 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622214944/https://www.congress.gov/member/dianne-feinstein/F000062 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="congress2">{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/member/barbara-boxer/B000711 |title=Barbara Boxer |publisher=Congress.gov |access-date=April 27, 2018 |archive-date=June 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622104513/https://www.congress.gov/member/barbara-boxer/B000711 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Feinstein was reelected in [[1994 United States Senate election in California|1994]], [[2000 United States Senate election in California|2000]], [[2006 United States Senate election in California|2006]], [[2012 United States Senate election in California|2012]], and [[2018 United States Senate election in California|2018]].
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Feinstein's two-month hospitalization for [[shingles]] in early 2023 effectively stalled many of the [[Biden administration]]'s judicial and executive nominees.<ref name="SFC232">{{Cite news |last=Stein |first=Shira |date=April 10, 2023 |title=Sen. Dianne Feinstein's continued absence is impacting judicial nominees |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/feinstein-judicial-nominess-17889123.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413024137/https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/feinstein-judicial-nominess-17889123.php |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Robertson |first1=Nicky |last2=Fox |first2=Lauren |date=April 13, 2023 |title=Feinstein asks to be 'temporarily' replaced on Judiciary amid some party pressure to resign from the Senate |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/12/politics/khanna-feinstein-resign/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412234705/https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/12/politics/khanna-feinstein-resign/index.html |archive-date=April 12, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> Feinstein served on the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Judiciary Committee]], which was evenly split between Democrats and Republicans without her.<ref name="SFC232" /> Representatives [[Ro Khanna]], [[Dean Phillips]], and [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]], along with a group of California progressive organizations and the ''[[New York Times]]'' editorial board, publicly urged Feinstein to resign.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 12, 2023 |title=Progressives Call On Dianne Feinstein To Resign Amid Concern Over Her Absence |url=https://news.yahoo.com/progressives-call-dianne-feinstein-resign-221123770.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713174212/https://news.yahoo.com/progressives-call-dianne-feinstein-resign-221123770.html |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |access-date=July 13, 2023 |publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Kim |first=Chloe |date=April 13, 2023 |title=Dianne Feinstein: Democrats call on Senator Dianne Feinstein to resign |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65259383 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413034058/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65259383 |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Trudo |first=Hanna |date=May 2, 2023 |title=Ocasio-Cortez calls for Feinstein to resign |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3983378-ocasio-cortez-calls-for-feinstein-to-resign/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708014009/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3983378-ocasio-cortez-calls-for-feinstein-to-resign/ |archive-date=July 8, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Has to Act2">{{cite web |date=May 5, 2023 |title=Dianne Feinstein Has to Act |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/opinion/dianne-feinstein-senate.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505225256/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/opinion/dianne-feinstein-senate.html |archive-date=May 5, 2023 |access-date=May 6, 2023 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bolton |first=Alexander |date=April 21, 2023 |title=More than 60 California liberal groups call on Feinstein to resign |newspaper=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3962961-california-liberal-groups-call-on-feinstein-to-resign/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713174036/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3962961-california-liberal-groups-call-on-feinstein-to-resign/ |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |access-date=July 13, 2023}}</ref> She resisted calls to resign.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alfaro |first1=Mariano |last2=Goodwin |first2=Liz |date=April 12, 2023 |title=Dianne Feinstein to give up Judiciary Committee seat amid calls for her resignation |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/12/khanna-feinstein-resignation/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413021634/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/12/khanna-feinstein-resignation/ |archive-date=April 13, 2023}}</ref> However, she requested temporary removal from the Judiciary Committee; Senate Republicans declined this request.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 18, 2023 |title=Republicans block Senate Democrats' push to replace Feinstein on Judiciary panel |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-block-senate-democrats-push-replace-feinstein-judiciary-pa-rcna80290 |access-date=October 1, 2023 |publisher=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=August 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230808154708/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-block-senate-democrats-push-replace-feinstein-judiciary-pa-rcna80290 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Feinstein returned to the Senate on May 10, 2023,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/feinstein-returns-to-senate-after-monthslong-absence|title=Feinstein returns to Senate after monthslong absence|date=May 10, 2023|website=[[PBS NewsHour]]|access-date=July 7, 2023|archive-date=July 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707182127/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/feinstein-returns-to-senate-after-monthslong-absence|url-status=live}}</ref> amid continuing concern about her capacity to serve.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/28/us/politics/feinstein-senate-staff.html|title=Feinstein, Back in the Senate, Relies Heavily on Staff to Function|first=Annie|last=Karni|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 28, 2023|access-date=July 7, 2023|archive-date=July 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707210405/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/28/us/politics/feinstein-senate-staff.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/17/politics/feinstein-senate-return/index.html|title=Feinstein's return prompts renewed scrutiny over her fitness for office|first1=Kristin|last1=Wilson|first2=Ted|last2=Barrett|first3=Nicky|last3=Robertson|date=May 17, 2023|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=July 7, 2023|archive-date=July 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707210405/https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/17/politics/feinstein-senate-return/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abc7news.com/sen-dianne-feinstein-cognitive-health-returns-to-capitol-hill-senate-judiciary-committee/13260683/|title=Sen. Dianne Feinstein says 'I've been here' despite absence from Capitol Hill, raising concerns|date=May 17, 2023|website=ABC7 San Francisco|access-date=July 7, 2023|archive-date=July 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707210405/https://abc7news.com/sen-dianne-feinstein-cognitive-health-returns-to-capitol-hill-senate-judiciary-committee/13260683/|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Committee assignments ===
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Feinstein also helped secure $250 million in federal matching grants to purchase the 7,500-acre Headwaters Forest, the world's last unprotected, intact, old-growth [[Coastal redwood|redwood]] forest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/16/471j|title=16 U.S. Code § 471j|publisher=Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School|access-date=September 29, 2023|archive-date=September 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922042511/https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/16/471j|url-status=live}}</ref> Her 1999 legislation also guaranteed the continued conservation of 12 ancient redwood groves by bringing them under federal management.<ref name="Office of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein">{{Cite web|url=https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/1/4/14397e2c-7e1c-4d65-a235-b2ed4c077135/C4CDB21E41C6FEFA8B717C1E19AFFDEF.265748-environmental-booklet.pdf|title=Protecting California's Environment: Our Promise to Future Generations|publisher=Office of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein|access-date=September 29, 2023|archive-date=September 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929132420/https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/1/4/14397e2c-7e1c-4d65-a235-b2ed4c077135/C4CDB21E41C6FEFA8B717C1E19AFFDEF.265748-environmental-booklet.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://repository.uclawsf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1546&context=hastings_environmental_law_journal|title=The Headwaters Agreement: A History, Summary and Critique|author=Kevin Bundy|work=Hastings Environmental Law Journal|volume=5|number=3|publication-date=January 1, 1999|access-date=September 29, 2023|archive-date=October 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001054349/https://repository.uclawsf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1546&context=hastings_environmental_law_journal|url-status=live}}</ref> Several [[Endangered Species Act|threatened species]] call the Headwaters Forest home, including [[coho salmon]], the [[northern spotted owl]], and the [[marbled murrelet]]. The resulting [[Headwaters Forest Reserve]] is managed by the [[Bureau of Land Management]] in partnership with the [[California Department of Fish and Wildlife]] as part of the National Landscape Conservation System.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/california/headwaters-forest-reserve|title=Headwaters Forest Reserve|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|access-date=September 28, 2023|archive-date=September 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925122458/https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/california/headwaters-forest-reserve|url-status=live}}</ref>
Perhaps Feinstein's greatest contribution to public lands conservation came through her advocacy for California's [[Mojave
|author=Hans Johnson|newspaper=CalMatters|publication-date=October 24, 2023|access-date=January 22, 2024}}</ref> She authored landmark legislation in 1994 that established [[Death Valley National Park]], [[Joshua Tree National Park]], and [[Mojave National Preserve]], and designated another 7.6 million acres of California desert as federal wilderness.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/103/s21/text|title=California Desert Protection Act of 1994|publisher=GovTrack|access-date=September 29, 2023|archive-date=June 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608183345/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/103/s21/text|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://environs.law.ucdavis.edu/volumes/16/2/articles/feldman.pdf|title=The California Desert Protection Act|author=Annette Feldman|journal=Environs, the Environmental Law and Policy Journal at the University of California, Davis|volume=16|number=2|pages=60–67|publication-date=December 1992|access-date=January 22, 2024}}</ref> This [[California Desert Protection Act]] was followed in 2000 by Feinstein's Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Act, designating 272,000 acres in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto mountain ranges as a [[Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument|national monument]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/106/hr3676/text|title=Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Act of 2000|publisher=GovTrack|access-date=September 29, 2023|archive-date=October 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001054453/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/106/hr3676/text|url-status=live}}</ref> Later in 2016, Feinstein requested [[Barack Obama|President Obama]] create [[Mojave Trails National Monument|Mojave Trails]], [[Sand to Snow National Monument|Sand to Snow]], and [[Castle Mountains National Monument|Castle Mountains]] national monuments under the [[Antiquities Act]].<ref name="Office of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein"/><ref name="Juliet Eilperin">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/02/12/with-3-new-monuments-obama-creates-worlds-second-largest-desert-preserve/|author=Juliet Eilperin|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=With 3 new national monuments, Obama creates world's second-largest desert preserve|publication-date=February 12, 2016|access-date=January 22, 2024}}</ref> She also authored the California Desert Protection and Recreation Act as part of the [[John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act|bipartisan omnibus public lands package]] passed in 2019, furthering landscape conservation and outdoor recreation opportunities in the California desert.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/47/text|title=John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=September 29, 2023|archive-date=March 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318170636/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/47/text|url-status=live}}</ref> The combined acreage of the 1994, 2000, and 2019 acts of Congress, in concert with the presidentially authorized national monument designations, protect the largest tract of public lands anywhere in the lower 48 states and the second-largest desert preserve on the planet.<ref name="Office of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein"/><ref name="Juliet Eilperin"/>
=== Foreign policy ===
==== China ====
Feinstein supported a conciliatory approach between [[China and Taiwan]] and fostered increased dialogue between high-level Chinese representatives and U.S. senators during her first term as senator.<ref name="cntw1">{{cite news|url=https://
Feinstein criticized Beijing's missile tests near Taiwan and called for dismantlement of missiles pointed at the island.<ref name="cntw1"/><ref name="cntw2">{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Feinstein-rips-Taiwan-while-urging-Chinas-to-2520008.php|title=Feinstein rips Taiwan while urging Chinas to cooperate / Senator uses Committee of 100 meeting to promote more business between foes|date=April 21, 2006|first=David|last=Armstrong|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=August 23, 2018|archive-date=August 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823141810/https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Feinstein-rips-Taiwan-while-urging-Chinas-to-2520008.php|url-status=live}}</ref> She promoted stronger business ties between China and Taiwan over confrontation, and suggested that the U.S. patiently "use two-way trade across Taiwan Strait as a platform for more political dialogue and closer ties".<ref name="cntw2"/>
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Feinstein endorsed former Vice President [[Walter Mondale]] during the [[1984 United States presidential election|1984 presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 10, 1980 |title=Feinstein backing Mondale |page=6 |work=The Berkeley Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65077940/the-berkeley-gazette/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201211182847/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65077940/the-berkeley-gazette/ |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> She and [[Democratic National Committee]] chairman [[Charles Manatt]] signed a contract in 1983, making San Francisco the host of the [[1984 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 17, 1980 |title=It's official |page=6 |work=[[The Press Democrat]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65080150/the-press-democrat/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201211185921/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65080150/the-press-democrat/ |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
As a [[superdelegate]] in the [[2008 Democratic presidential primaries]], Feinstein said she would support Clinton for the nomination. But after [[Barack Obama]] became the presumptive nominee, she fully backed his candidacy. Days after Obama amassed enough delegates to win the nomination, Feinstein lent her Washington, D.C., home to Clinton and Obama for a private one-on-one meeting.<ref name="superdelegate">{{cite news |title=Obama-Clinton meeting held at Dianne Feinstein's home. |publisher=[[CNN]]|date=June 8, 2008 |url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/08/feinstein-obama-clinton-meeting-was-meant-to-be-a-secret/ |access-date=June 8, 2008 |archive-date=June 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609083139/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/08/feinstein-obama-clinton-meeting-was-meant-to-be-a-secret/ |url-status=
[[File:Oct. 14 Press Conference (23849716418).jpg|thumb|Feinstein (center right) and [[Kamala Harris]] (center left) in 2017]]Feinstein chaired the [[United States Congress Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies]] and acted as mistress of ceremonies, introducing each participant at the [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|2009 presidential inauguration]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Davies, Frank|title=Obama warns of tough times, promises 'new era of responsibility'|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11505401|date=January 20, 2009|newspaper=Mercury News|access-date=January 20, 2009|archive-date=March 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315204329/http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11505401|url-status=live}}</ref> She was the first woman to have presided over a U.S. presidential inauguration.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Presidential Inaugurations: Barack Obama |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/inaugurations/obama/index.html |website=The Library of Congress |access-date=December 19, 2020 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117042348/https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/inaugurations/obama/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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=== Death and funeral ===
[[File:San Francisco City Hall 3.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|[[San Francisco City Hall]] rotunda where Feinstein's body lay in state
Feinstein died of natural causes at her home in Washington, D.C., on September 29, 2023, at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/29/politics/dianne-feinstein-death/index.html|title = Dianne Feinstein, longest-serving female US senator in history, dies at 90|publisher = [[CNN]]|last1 = Foran|first1 = Claire|last2 = LeBlanc|first2 = Paul|date = September 29, 2023|access-date = September 29, 2023|archive-date = September 29, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230929142404/https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/29/politics/dianne-feinstein-death/index.html|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name = "Early morning">{{Cite news |last1=Swan |first1=Rachel |last2=Stein |first2=Shira |last3=Fracassa |first3=Dominic |last4=Echeverria |first4=Danielle |last5=Parker |first5=Jordan |last6=Toledo |first6=Aldo |date=September 29, 2023 |title=Dianne Feinstein: Senator died of natural causes Friday morning |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/dianne-feinstein-updates-18396512.php |access-date=September 30, 2023 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929205309/https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/dianne-feinstein-updates-18396512.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Bierman-2023" /> Despite longstanding health problems that had caused her to miss Judiciary Committee meetings for several months, her death was sudden, with Feinstein having cast a vote on the Senate floor the previous day that was needed for Democrats' efforts to [[Government shutdowns in the United States#October 2023|avert a government shutdown]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=McManus |first=Noah Bierman and Doyle |date=September 29, 2023 |title='No one knew the end was now': Feinstein's last day in the Senate |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/dianne-feinstein-s-final-day-senate-18397937.php |access-date=October 1, 2023 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001163927/https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/dianne-feinstein-s-final-day-senate-18397937.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Caplan-20230929">{{cite news |first=Craig|last=Caplan |title=California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein's final Senate floor vote |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5086197/california-democratic-senator-dianne-feinsteins-final-senate-floor-vote |access-date=October 5, 2023 |work=[[C-SPAN]] |date=September 29, 2023}}</ref>
Feinstein received many tributes from politicians such as [[Senate Majority Leader]] [[Chuck Schumer]]; Senate Minority Leader [[Mitch McConnell]]; President [[Joe Biden]]; Vice President [[Kamala Harris]], who served with Feinstein during her time in the Senate; former presidents [[Barack Obama]] and [[Bill Clinton]]; House Speaker [[Kevin McCarthy]]; former House Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]]; former Secretary of State, First Lady and Senate colleague [[Hillary Clinton]]; fellow Senators [[Alex Padilla]], [[Bob Casey Jr.]], [[Marco Rubio]], [[Bernie Sanders]], [[Susan Collins]], [[Kirsten Gillibrand]], [[Patty Murray]], [[Rick Scott]], [[Josh Hawley]], [[Lindsey Graham]], and [[Chuck Grassley]]; Representatives [[Barbara Lee]], [[Adam Schiff]], and [[Katie Porter]], who
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Feinstein [[Lying in state|lay in state]] at [[San Francisco City Hall]] on October 4, 2023. A memorial service was held the next day on the front steps of the Hall,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/01/politics/feinstein-funeral-arrangements/index.html|title=Feinstein to lie in state at San Francisco City Hall ahead of Thursday funeral|first=Morgan|last=Rimmer|date=October 1, 2023|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=October 2, 2023|archive-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002032533/https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/01/politics/feinstein-funeral-arrangements/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and the public was discouraged from attending.<ref name=TuckerSFChronicle>{{cite news|last1=Tucker|last2=Mishanec|title=Dianne Feinstein memorial: Leaders remember a 'great American hero' who 'turned passion into purpose'|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/dianne-feinstein-memorial-service-18402739.php|date=October 5, 2023}}</ref> At the service, President Biden eulogized Feinstein as "a great American hero".<ref name=TuckerSFChronicle /> Vice President Harris added, "You helped move the ball forward, and our nation salutes you".<ref name=KnightNYT>{{cite news|last=Knight|first=Heather|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/us/politics/dianne-feinstein-memorial-san-francisco.html|title=Remembering Senator Dianne Feinstein: 'She Showed the Way'|date=October 5, 2023|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The service was punctuated by [[Flypast|flyovers]] of the [[Blue Angels]], coinciding with San Francisco's [[Fleet Week]].<ref name=KnightNYT /> Feinstein was buried
On October 1, 2023, Governor Newsom appointed [[Laphonza Butler]] to fill Feinstein's vacant Senate seat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/01/newsom-senate-pick-butler-00119360|title=Newsom picks Laphonza Butler as Feinstein replacement|first=Christopher|last=Cadelago|date=October 1, 2023|website=Politico|access-date=October 2, 2023|archive-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002031423/https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/01/newsom-senate-pick-butler-00119360|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 1, 2023 |title=Newsom Names Emily's List President as Feinstein Successor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/01/us/newsom-senate-feinstein-laphonza-butler.html |access-date=September 30, 2023 |website=The New York Times |language=en |first=Shawn |last=Hubler |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003210927/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/01/us/newsom-senate-feinstein-laphonza-butler.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He had previously promised to appoint a Black woman in the event of a Senate vacancy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 29, 2023 |title=California Gov. Newsom will pick Feinstein's replacement. He pledged in past to choose a Black woman |url=https://apnews.com/article/feinstein-replacement-newsom-democrat-death-528b55aa50d06aa3901b16c129aa3fe0 |access-date=September 30, 2023 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> Butler chose not to run for Feinstein's Senate seat in the 2024 election.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hubler|first=Shawn|title=Laphonza Butler will not run for Senate in 2024|date=October 19, 2023|website=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/us/laphonza-butler-senate-california.html}}</ref>
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== Additional sources ==
* {{cite book |last=Roberts
* {{cite book |last=Talbot
== Further reading ==
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