After the former SF mayor lost the race for governor in 1990, she won her seat two years later.
Long before she became a fixture in the “world’s most deliberative body,’’ Feinstein had her eyes on another prize.
After losing the 1990 governor’s race to then-Senator Pete Wilson, Feinstein settled on a consolation prize, winning election two years later to serve out the remainder of Wilson’s senate term in Washington. But turbulent events of the late 1970s — including the Moscone-Milk assassinations that made her mayor and the Jonestown massacre that shook San Francisco to its core — had left a lasting impression.
To the frustration of many liberal constituents, Feinstein developed a reputation for bipartisanship. Feinstein later recalled that it was Clinton’s call that finally made her realize she was best suited to the Senate. The thought of another grueling campaign — a part of political life Feinstein never relished — as compared to the issues she could work on in the Senate.
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