Dianne Feinstein is now 88 years old and has served in the United States Senate for over 30 years.
Questions remain about whether she is mentally fit to continue in her present post.
This issue is being highlighted by Democratic colleagues and legislative staff, not Republicans looking to make political points and gains.
Feinstein will serve out her current term, which expires in 2024, because there may be greater pressure on her to leave and allow California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who considers Feinstein a mentor, to choose her successor.
That pressure will most certainly rise in the coming months, but before it does, it is worthwhile to reflect on her incredible career.
She is among the women who have served in Washington, D.C. rather than their state capitals.
Feinstein is the oldest sitting U.S. senator, at the age of 88. Feinstein will overtake Hiram Johnson as California’s longest-serving senator in March 2021.
When was Dianne Feinstein last seen?
Feinstein was last seen in Carlifonia
Feinstein is not from San Francisco, which is known for hippies, new tech money, radical politics, and LGBTQ advocacy.
Feinstein’s mother, according to her biographer Jerry Roberts, was emotionally aloof, but she was close to her father, a distinguished doctor who supported her aspirations.
