Feinstein a Democrat died Thursday night at her home in Washington her office said in a statement . Her death hands California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom the power to appoint a lawmaker to serve out the rest of Feinsteins term keeping the Democratic majority in the chamber through early January . Feinstein a former mayor of San Francisco was a leading figure in California politics for decades and became a national face of the Democratic Party following her first election to the US Senate in . She broke a series of glass ceilings throughout her political career and her influence was felt strongly in some of Capitol Hills most consequential works in recent history including the sincelapsed federal assault weapons ban in and the CIA torture report . Her health was the subject of increasing scrutiny and speculation and the California Democrat was prominent among aging lawmakers whose decisions to remain in office drew scrutiny especially in an age of narrow party margins in Congress . In February she confirmed that she would not run for reelection telling The time has come. She dismissed the concerns saying The real question is whether Im still an effective representative for million Californians and the record shows that I am. The death also comes as federal funding is set to expire and Congress at an impasse as to how to avoid a government shutdown though Senate Democrats still retain a majority without her . She also faced questions about her mental acuity and ability to lead . She was a longtime force on the table . She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in September and had suffered a fall in August. She was diagnosed with dementia. She died in September. She is now deceased. She has been diagnosed. She also suffered from Alzheimer”s Alzheimer“disease’m not like the others’dineine’t. In her death
Dianne Feinstein, longest-serving female US senator in history, dies at 90 . Feinstein
