Sen. Barbara Boxer may not run for re-election in 2016, the first shakeup of the California Senate delegation since the first year of the Clinton administration.
The 14th longest-serving senator, Boxer has not officially made up her mind about seeking a fifth term two years from now, but several signs point toward retirement, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
The 73-year-old senator, who joined the Senate in 1993, has less than $200,000 in her campaign account compared to $3.5 million this time last year.
“She is not running for re-election,” said one longtime Democratic fundraiser with deep ties to Boxer.
“When we meet here four years from tonight, we could be looking at one California governor and one U.S. senator,” State Democratic Party Chairman John Burton, a friend and mentor of Boxer’s, said at a Democratic Party fundraiser last week.
The fundraiser was co-hosted by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Kamala Harris, two people likely at the top of her replacement list, San Francisco Chronicle reported.
