In the California primary election, Rep. Barbara Lee passed the baton to BART Director Lateefah Simon, her chosen successor for her East Bay congressional seat. Lee, who lost her Senate bid, emphasized a multiracial, progressive movement in her campaign. Simon leads the primary race, aiming to replace Lee in the House.
Supporters held a joint watch party for U.S. Representative Barbara Lee and Lateefah Siman, who's running to succeed Lee, in Downtown Oakland on Tuesday night. https://t.co/fyYhYPhofU
Female politicians representing the East Bay sang their praises to Rep. @BarbaraLeeForCA at an election night party on Tues. Lee lost her bid for Senate against top-two finishers Rep. Adam Schiff and former baseball player Steve Garvey. #SuperTuesday2024 https://t.co/qpZDJaNXgo https://t.co/WYHiEN3GLO
A literal passing of the blue baton Tuesday between @RepBarbaraLee and the front runner to succeed her @lateefahsimon https://t.co/5W4PAoSjiY
Live election updates: At Barbara Lee’s Senate campaign headquarters right before polls closed, Lee handed the baton to Lateefah Simon, the BART board director who is the front-runner to replace her in the House. Simon responded with a powerful speech. https://t.co/h4kU3J8WBx
My first stop on election night was at @BarbaraLeeForCA's headquarters in Oakland. She emotionally passed the baton to @lateefahsimon, her chosen successor in the House Read more here in our LIVE BLOG: https://t.co/E4vrbWbEqo @politico https://t.co/exS9VJugrK
Less than an hour before polls closed, Rep. @BarbaraLeeForCA addressed supporters and the press at her downtown Oakland campaign headquarters. “This has been quite a phenomenal multiracial, multigenerational progressive movement that we have put together throughout the state." https://t.co/TdVlmqAqGY
BART Director Lateefah Simon steadily leads primary race for Rep. Barbara Lee’s East Bay congressional seat https://t.co/aBZDUa7anY
Lateefah Simon holds up the baton passed to her by Rep. Barbara Lee after they addressed volunteers and staff at their campaign headquarters as election results rolled in in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday. Lee is running for the California U.S. Senate seat. 📷: @CAGisMe https://t.co/3ht9nU7Dym
California primary election live updates: Rep. Barbara Lee, polling in fourth place in the U.S. Senate race, remained optimistic Tuesday night as she greeted volunteers still making calls in the final hour of the campaign at her Oakland headquarters. https://t.co/LiZuqDkyCg
Live updates: Senate candidates Barbara Lee, Katie Porter and Adam Schiff have little daylight between them, but have made the case to voters that the difference between their approaches are significant enough to warrant getting into the November election. https://t.co/7ZAwr1ECrn