If elected, Lee, 76, would be the only Black woman in the Senate, and only the third in its history.
Rep. Barbara Lee, a California Democrat serving her 12th term, is gearing up to be the state’s first Black woman to enter this cycle’s race for U.S. Senate.
A person familiar with Lee’s plans told the today!
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