California old guard under siege
Progressives revolt against Sen. Dianne Feinstein and the Democratic establishment.
By CARLA MARINUCCI and DAVID SIDERS
10/10/2017 06:18 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES — In California, a lodestar for the left in the era of President Donald Trump, the Democratic establishment is besieged and fighting to hang on.
The state Democratic Party, until recently, has been caught in the throes of a bitter dispute over the chairmanship, pitting party veterans against the activist “Berniecrat” wing. There are calls for Nancy Pelosi to step down as House Democratic leader. And Dianne Feinstein is now the target of progressives determined to prevent her from winning a fifth Senate term.
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