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George Skelton: Newsom could face tough task replacing Feinstein in US Senate

Dianne Feinstein makes her way to the Senate chambers at the U.S. Capitol on Feb, 16, 2023, in Washington, D.C..

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — You'd think that filling a U.S. Senate seat would be easy, even fun. But if Gov. Gavin Newsom has to find a replacement for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, it could be agonizing.

Plenty of qualified people would leap at the chance to join the world's so-called greatest deliberative body, right?

Prestige, power, perks — a career highlight even if it were only a temporary job until someone else won the seat in the next election.

Wrong. Not in this particular case — at least for people prepared to adequately represent California in the manner

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