Former Google Executive Ends Longshot Bid for Dianne Feinstein’s US Senate Seat in California

Published on December 2, 2023

LOS ANGELES—A former California tech executive is ending her longshot campaign for the U.S. Senate seat once held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, she announced Tuesday. Democrat Lexi Reese said in a statement that she has been unable to raise the many millions of dollars needed for a first-time candidate to introduce herself to voters across the nation’s most populous state. She called for term limits and campaign finance reform “so the cost to enter is not insurmountable for most people.” “Career politicians have institutional, press, and party support that is very difficult to replicate as an outsider,” Ms. Reese said....