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    California Republicans, buoyed by congressional wins, have no obvious Senate prospects

    by Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times Mar 10, 2023 5 minutes
    As California Republicans meet in Sacramento for a convention this weekend, Rep. Kevin McCarthy’ s ascension to speaker of the House is expected to be a top cause of celebration. The Bakersfield Republican is scheduled to address delegates at a Saturday luncheon.

    California's 2024 primary election is less than a year away, yet no prominent Republican has announced plans to seek California's open U.S. Senate seat — another sign of the decline of a onetime GOP powerhouse that produced two presidents and four governors in the span of just over a half-century.

    As one of California's most highly prized political posts, the Senate seat is being vacated by retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein, first elected to the office in 1992. Even before Feinstein announced she would not seek another term, some of the state's most well-known Democrats were lining up to vie for the seat.

    The same cannot be said of GOP hopefuls — a sign that "the Republican Party barely exists at the state level," said Jack Pitney, a political science professor

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