Journal of Alta California

The Senior Tour

 The upper reaches of California politics have been an old folks’ home for the past couple of decades, frustrating the ambitions of younger politicians. But as Geoffrey Chaucer wrote, “Time and tide wait for no man,” and the clog in California’s political pipeline is beginning to clear, with this year’s elections potentially a major turning point.

Last year, 77-year-old U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer stepped down and 53-year-old Kamala Harris took her seat in the Senate and almost immediately was touted in political circles as a presidential possibility — a hint of

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