I don’t think so,” said former California GOP Chairman James Brulte, whose work in the state's politics dates to the 1970s. On the Democratic side, four people “dominated California politics for the last 50 years," said former State Controller Steve Westly, pointing to former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, Gov. “There is a generational change" in the state's politics, said Sara Sadhwani, a professor of politics at Pomona College. By contrast with McCarthy, Feinstein was less partisan. "We have a country where many people across the state of California feel like they may not be being listened to," she said.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 04, 2023 01:12 UTC