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California Is Not As Liberal As You Think

Published: March 7, 2018, 12:34 p.m.

b'When the California Democratic Party declined to endorse Sen. Dianne Feinstein last week, it was taken as a sign that progressives might be poised to update the political order in the Golden State. Kevin de Le\\xf3n, the leader of Democrats in the state Senate and a proud progressive, won 54 percent of the vote to Feinstein\\u2019s 37 percent\\u2014shy of the 60 percent needed to win the party\\u2019s endorsement but an impressive upset nonetheless.'