Dianne Feinstein

Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born June 22, 1933) is a Democratic U.S. Senator from California, a position she has held since 1992. She was also San Francisco's first (and to date, only) female mayor.

U.S. Senator

In 1978, Feinstein's husband, Bertram, died of colon cancer. In 1980, she married Richard C. Blum, an investment banker who later helped fund her unsuccessful bid for the California governor's seat in 1990. She lost to Republican Senator Pete Wilson, who vacated his seat in the Senate to assume the governorship. In 1992, Feinstein won a special election to fill the remaining two years in Wilson's vacated Senate seat. She was re-elected in 1994 and again in 2000 and announced plans to run in 2006. In 1998 and 2003 some advised her to run for governor, but she declined.

Related Topics:
1978 - Colon cancer - 1980 - Richard C. Blum - California governor's seat - 1990 - Republican - Pete Wilson - 1992 - 1994 - 2000 - 2006 - 1998 - 2003

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Feinstein is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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