WebIncludes interviews with Dianne Feinstein and her late second husband neurosurgeon Bertram Feinstein. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Judaism is passed on through the mother, so she could not be a Jew unless she converted. [68] By 2018, she opposed capital punishment. Feinstein served on the Trilateral Commission during the 1980s while mayor of San Francisco. How good is that!! We strive for accuracy and fairness.If you see something that doesn't look right,contact us! .css-m6thd4{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Gilroy,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;color:#323232;text-transform:capitalize;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-m6thd4:hover{color:link-hover;}}4 U.S. Presidents Who Won the Nobel Peace Prize, How Little-Known Jimmy Carter Won the 1976 Primary, Every Candidate in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Race, George H.W. Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein was born on June 22, 1933, as Dianne Emiel Goldman in San Francisco. Her mother Betty Rosenburg was a former model and her father Leon Goldman was a surgeon. On November 27, 1978, Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated by former supervisor Dan White. [27][28] Feinstein commented on the bill, saying, "The common thread in each of these shootings is the gunman used a semi-automatic assault weapon or large capacity ammunition magazines. On July 27, 2018, reports surfaced that a Chinese staff member who worked as Feinstein's personal driver, gofer and liaison to the Asian-American community for 20 years, was caught reporting to China's Ministry of State Security. Feinstein was re-elected in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. [10][84], In September 2016, Feinstein backed the Obama administration's plan to sell more than $1.15 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia. -1993, ' , . Jimmy Carter (1924). Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. A Feinstein spokesperson said she "is doing all she can to ensure that the bill is balanced and protects the intellectual property concerns of the content community without unfairly burdening legitimate businesses such as Internet search engines". In March 2021, she became the longest-serving U.S. senator from California, surpassing Hiram Johnson. when she was sixteen. extended medical and welfare benefits to partners in same-sex couples She also ran for mayor twice during this period (1971 and 1975), losing both times. Feinstein was then married to investment banker Richard C. Blum from 1980 until his death from cancer in 2022. In 1980, Feinstein married for a third time, to investment banker Richard Blum. Feinstein was elected to a full four-year term as mayor beginning in In October of that year she stated that she stood by those comments. Feinstein also became the first female Jewish senator in the United States, though Boxer is also Jewish. degree in 1955. [17] While they were of German-Jewish ancestry,[18] they practiced the Russian Orthodox (Christian) faith, as was required for Jews in Saint Petersburg. Her mother wasnt Jewish, nor did she undergo a conversion.. reform Rabbi's and Reform confirmations arent a part of Judaism and are christian rituals. . for the vice presidency, but she was not chosen. [28] The group later shot out the windows of a beach house she owned.[29]. She also ran for mayor focus and in early 1991 announced her intention to run for She made no staffing changes to his team until she was elected in her own right in 1979. These But after Barack Obama became the presumptive nominee, she fully backed his candidacy. (Jeff Chiu / later she was selected to serve out the balance of Moscone's On November 5, 2022, she also became the longest-serving woman in U.S. Senate history. [89], In October 2013, Feinstein criticized the NSA for monitoring telephone calls of foreign leaders friendly to the U.S.[90] In November 2013, she promoted the FISA Improvements Act bill, which included a "backdoor search provision" that allows intelligence agencies to continue certain warrantless searches as long as they are logged and "available for review" to various agencies. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation for her work in support of breast cancer ' . Indeed, Russian Jews are for the most part not Jews and at best are descendents of Converts as DNA analysis show. Immediate Family: Daughter of Leon Goldman and Betty Goldman. [33], In June 2013 Feinstein labeled Edward Snowden a traitor after his leaks went public. -1994. She was elected president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1978 with initial opposition from Quentin Kopp. As mayor, Feinstein angered the city's large gay community by refusing to march in a gay rights parade and by vetoing domestic partner legislation in 1983. According to multiple sources, Feinstein's mother was abusive. [52] In 2004, she called for the death penalty in the case of San Francisco police officer Isaac Espinoza, who was killed while on duty. Although she ran a tough campaign Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, June 22 1933 - San Francisco, California, USA, Leon Goldman, Elizabeth Betty Goldman (born Rosenberg), Banks (born Goldman), Kennedy (born Goldman), Goldman, Richard C. Blum, Jack Berman, Bertram Feinstein, Leon Goldman, Betty Goldman (born Rosenberg), Goldman, Banks (born Goldman), Apr 1 1950 - 1 Presidio Terrace, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, Leon Goldman, Betty Goldman (born Rosenburg), Circa 1933 - San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States, Nov 11 1962 - San Francisco, California, USA, June 22 1933 - San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States, mayor married to businessman SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A buoyant Mayor, Government photo. [123] No criminal charges were filed against them. A Quinnipiac University poll revealed the voters in California do not think Governor Gavin Newsom should run for president in 2024. She won, becoming California's senior senator, and was re-elected in 1994, 2000, 2006 and 2012. a San Francisco superior court judge. nation's most visible and recognized leaders. Dianne Feinstein was born in San Francisco, California, on June 22, [121][122] According to the reports, the FBI contacted Feinstein five years earlier warning her about the employee. [131] She and Democratic National Committee chairman Charles Manatt signed a contract in 1983, making San Francisco the host of the 1984 Democratic National Convention. Military assault weapons only have one purpose and in my opinion, it's for the military. Days after Obama amassed enough delegates to win the Democratic Party nomination, Feinstein lent her Washington, D.C., home to both Clinton and Obama to have a private one-on-one meeting. City & State magazine named Feinstein the nation's "Most Effective Mayor" in 1987. Because of her position, Feinstein became a target of the New World Liberation Front, who placed a bomb on her window sill which failed to explode and who later shot out the windows of a beach house which she owned.[16]. " 1994", . Feinstein was first elected on the same ballot as her peer Barbara Boxer, and the two became California's first female U.S. "[31] In October 2013 she criticized the NSA for monitoring telephone calls of foreign leaders friendly to the US. [110], Feinstein announced her support for the Iran nuclear deal framework in July 2015, tweeting that the deal would usher in "unprecedented & intrusive inspections to verify cooperation" on the part of Iran. [137], As the 2020 presidential election approached, Feinstein indicated her support for former Vice President Joe Biden. She made it clear she accepted both religions as valuable to HER. Later that day at a press conference originally organized by Moscone to announce White's successor, Feinstein announced the assassinations to the stunned public, stating: "As president of the board of supervisors, it's my duty to make this announcement. an elected official from office). She went to Convent of the Sacred Heart High School. [15] Prior to elected service, she was appointed by then-California Governor Pat Brown to serve as a member of the California Women's Parole Board. At the time, she was a member of the Senate , (NRA). The employee was later interviewed by authorities and forced to retire by Feinstein. Includes interviews with Dianne Feinstein and her late second husband neurosurgeon Bertram Feinstein. In 1984 San Francisco hosted the Democratic National Convention, which research and education. In the 1960s she worked in city government, and in 1970 she was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. 1979 . copying) of another human being a crime, to allow local school districts , , . that was well funded by her third husband, investment banker Richard Barbara Boxer was elected at the same time for the Senate seat to be vacated by Alan Cranston. in her decision to pursue a career in public service. She also disagreed with the . [75], After President Obama nominated Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in March 2016, Feinstein met with Garland on April 6 and later called on Republicans to do "this institution the credit of sitting down and meeting with him". Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Personal life 3 Early political career 3.1 President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors 3.2 Mayor of San Francisco 3.3 Gubernatorial election 4 U.S. Senate career 4.1 Elections 4.2 Approval ratings 4.3 Committees 4.4 Political positions and votes 4.4.1 Assault weapons ban 4.4.2 NSA surveillance programs 4.5 2008 presidential politics 5 Awards and honors 6 Offices held 7 Electoral history 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External links Early life[edit] Feinstein was born Dianne Emiel Goldman[2] in San Francisco, to Betty (ne Rosenburg), a former model, and Leon Goldman, a nationally renowned surgeon. The election was held at the same time as the general election for U.S. President and other offices. Feinstein held her Board of Parole spot until 1966, and in 1968, she became a member of the San Francisco Committee on Crime, an appointment that would color the rest of her career. term. Readers Digest Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, said in a statement on Tuesday that she would not seek re-election. Harkin (1939) said, "Just by being on the Senate floor, Feinstein made an unsuccessful bid for governor of California in 1990. Feb. 28 (UPI) --Sen. Dianne Feinstein's husband Richard Blum died Sunday at the family's California home after an extended battle with cancer.He was 86. favored nation" standing in trade (meaning that China would be She In the Senate, Feinstein took a firm stand on a range of issues. [81] After an additional hearing and a supplemental FBI investigation, Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court on October 6, 2018. Feinstein succeeded Moscone as mayor and became the first woman to serve in that position. travel, and discouraged by the deaths of her father and her second You can't make that judgment. She served on the Trilateral Commission during the 1980s. Dianne Feinstein: Never Let Them See You Cry. Either way, Diane Feinstein is not Jewish by birth or conversion she is a fraud. Feinstein has represented California in the U.S. Senate since 1992. On March 28, 2021, Feinstein became the longest-serving U.S. senator from California, surpassing Hiram Johnson. leasing of a former Navy base to China's government-owned She studied history and political science and was She introduced a new assault weapons bill in 2013 that failed to pass. In 1992, when she On the Senate floor on December 9, 2014, the day parts of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture were released to the public, Feinstein called the government's detention and interrogation program a "stain on our values and on our history". 1978 1988. [2] Goldman 3, including Dianne Feinstein. Dianne Feinstein Ex-mayor of San Francisco 11/1978 following assassination ofGeorge Moscone, then elected to 2 terms ran for CA governor 1990 US Senator from CA since 1992. ' -2004, , -10 , . Richard Blum, husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a longtime University of California regent and a stalwart of Democratic politics in California, died Sunday of cancer [151], Feinstein had an artificial cardiac pacemaker inserted at George Washington University Hospital in January 2017. police staffing and policies and succeeded in reducing crime rates. [82], Feinstein announced she would step down from her position on the Judiciary Committee after pressure from progressives due to her performance at the Supreme Court nomination hearings of Justice Amy Coney Barrett in October 2020. Feinstein succeeded Moscone as mayor. I love that woman!. election was part of a new women's revolution, since prior to Introduced in 2004, the subsidy provided a 45-cent-per-gallon credit on pure ethanol and a 54-cent-per-gallon tariff on imported ethanol. Liberal state Senate leader Kevin de Len earned the majority of votes, though he still fell short of the 60 percent needed to claim the party's endorsement. The bill would have exempted 900 models of guns used for sport and hunting. These subsidies had resulted in an annual expenditure of $6 billion. She attended a Roman -1980 ' . Ex-wife of Jack Berman 1933, to a Jewish physician father, Leon Goldman, and a Catholic [6][7] Her mother also had either German or Jewish ancestry.[7][8]. Gonzales initially ran to be appointed by the Board of Supervisors as mayor, but dropped out. Born in San Francisco, Feinstein graduated from Stanford University. [109] In her opening remarks at a January 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, she said she was concerned the Trump administration's decision to terminate temporary protected status might be racially motivated, based on comments Trump made denigrating African countries, Haiti, and El Salvador. Feinstein also served as a fellow at the Coro Foundation in San Francisco. At 89, Feinstein is the oldest sitting U.S. senator and member of Congress. That same year, Feinstein also spearheaded legislation banning the manufacture, sale and possession of military-style assault weapons, which was signed into law on September 13, 1994. In 2016 she opposed Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, to legalize recreational cannabis in California. [9][140], Feinstein was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Golden Gate University in San Francisco on June 4, 1977. Feinstein then decided to make the announcement that her political 2005, " "[3]. [96][97][98][99] The bill would require technology companies to design their encryption so that they can provide law enforcement with user data in an "intelligible format" when required to do so by court order. [87], Following her 2012 vote to extend the Patriot Act and the FISA provisions,[59] and after the 2013 mass surveillance disclosures involving the National Security Agency (NSA), Feinstein promoted and supported measures to continue the information collection programs. The special election was held at the same time as the general election for U.S. president and other offices. Feinstein was the first woman member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the first woman to chair the Senate Rules and Administration Committee. Her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland. [6] The record was previously held by Boxer, who received 6.96 million votes in her 2004 reelection; and before that by Feinstein in 2000 and 1992, when she became the first Democrat to get more than 5 million votes in a Senate race. Green globe.svg . Foreign Policy wrote that she had a "reputation as a staunch defender of NSA practices and the White House's refusal to stand by collection activities targeting foreign leaders. -1992, 190,000 [1]. Katherine Feinstein (granddaughter) Leon Goldman (February 14, 1904 March 4, 1975) was an American surgeon. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Senate since 1992. She also seemingly had the respect of President Donald Trump and other Republican lawmakers, enhancing her across-the-aisle credentials, though it remained to be seen if that would be a detriment as the state's Democratic leadership tacked further left. [8] Upon Don Young's death in March 2022, she became the oldest sitting member of Congress. These subsidies had resulted in an annual expenditure of $6 billion. 2007 " " (FISA) (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act), . Despite being elected on the same ballot as her peer Barbara Boxer, Feinstein became California's first female U.S. senator, as she was elected in a special election and sworn in before Boxer. Stanford University. Via https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/about/members-and-advisors/bios/richard-blum.html, Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141328214/betty-goldman, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States, ANU Museum of the Jewish People (formerly Beit Hatfutsot) Exhibit Project, Dianne Emiel Feinstein (born Goldman ). " ". Feinstein became acting mayor as she was president of the Board of Supervisors. In the run up to the 1984 Democratic National Convention, there was considerable media and public speculation that Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale might pick Feinstein as his running mate. 2019 , . (19291978) and Supervisor Harvey Milk (19301978). ", "Why California Hasn't Moved On From Dianne Feinstein", "Senate New Democrat Coalition | New Democrat Network", "COMMENCEMENTS; Feinstein, at Stanford, Warns Of Too Hasty Military Trims", "Feinstein stuns San Francisco crowd: Trump 'can be a good president', "Here's how Sens. Feinstein continues to be an active senator who supports the many issues Feb. 15, 2023. Nine and Counting: The Women of the Senate. 1 2 2.1 2.2 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 4 5 . twice, losing to Joseph Alioto (c. 19171998) in 1971 and [59], Feinstein has supported the Affordable Care Act, repeatedly voting to defeat initiatives aimed against it. murders forced Feinstein into the position of acting mayor. A veteran of Washington's political battles, Feinstein sought to head off the dangers posed by the looming shutdown of the federal government in January 2018, as the two parties squabbled over a spending bill. KRON-TV News footage from November 10th 1969 featuring scenes from a visit by reporter Myra Scott to the family home of newly elected San Francisco Supervisor Dianne Feinstein. high-powered business and labor leaders on her Fiscal Advisory Feinstein is the first woman to have chaired the Senate Rules Committee (200709) and the only woman to have chaired the Select Committee on Intelligence (200915). New York: Morrow, 2000. Feinstein and her position as President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors are also alluded to several times in the movie, and a portrayal of her character has a few off-screen lines. Feinstein was born Dianne Emiel Goldman in San Francisco, to Betty ( ne Rosenburg), a former model, and Leon Goldman, a surgeon. Feinstein's paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland. Her maternal grandparents, the Rosenburg family, were from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The Barbara Boxer was elected at the same time to the Senate seat being vacated by Alan Cranston. some voters attempted a recall (a process in which people vote to remove Francisco." DIANNE FEINSTEIN: OK. In 2012, Feinstein claimed the record for the most popular votes in any U.S. Senate election in history, having received 7.75 million votes. Feinstein was a colorful and energetic mayor. Boxer (1940), Feinstein was elected to the Senate in 1992; the -1969 ("San Francisco Board of Supervisors"). career was over. It marked the end of her second marriage, due to her husband's untimely death, and the end of her tenure as board president, when Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor .css-47aoac{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#A00000;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-47aoac:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}Harvey Milk were both assassinated in November. Catholic school and a Jewish temple (a place for religious worship) decided I would not again be a candidatefor anything.". She believes that deeper cross-strait economic integration "will one day lead to political integration and will ultimately provide the solution"[120] to the Taiwan issue. Mayor of San Francisco[edit] Main article: Mayoralty of Dianne Feinstein. The family explained at the time that they needed more space for their five grandchildren; the mansion is 9,500-square-feet. [34], The line for unclaimed tickets to the inauguration outside Feinstein's office As a superdelegate, Feinstein had declared that she would support Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. -2013, . [40][41][42] Feinstein and Boxer were also the first female pair of U.S. senators to represent any state at the same time. With her nose always to the political grindstone, Feinstein authored and saw signed into law the Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 and introduced the Federal Gang Violence Act, which passed as part of the 1997 Juvenile Justice bill (but was not acted on by the House of Representatives). all representing a wide range of viewpoints. (July 1984). public service. [23][24], On May 12, 2011, Feinstein cosponsored PIPA. She was the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2017 to 2021 and had chaired the International Narcotics Control Caucus from 2009 to 2015. -2017 . Introduced in 2004, the subsidy provided a 45-cent-per-gallon credit on pure ethanol, and a 54-cent-per-gallon tariff on imported ethanol. in her attempt for higher office, weakened by illness from foreign Astrological Sign: Cancer, Article Title: Dianne Feinstein Biography, Author: Biography.com Editors, Website Name: The Biography.com website, Url: https://www.biography.com/political-figures/dianne-feinstein, Publisher: A&E; Television Networks, Last Updated: March 29, 2021, Original Published Date: April 2, 2014. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. [12] Her 347-page financial-disclosure statement[13] characterized by the San Francisco Chronicle as "nearly the size of a phone book" draws clear lines between her assets and those of her husband, with many of her assets in blind trusts.[14]. Because Feinstein was elected to an unexpired term, she became a senator as soon as the election was certified in November while Boxer would not take office until the expiration of Cranston's term in January; thus Feinstein became California's senior senator, even though she was elected at the same time as Boxer and Boxer had previous congressional service. She served as the board's first female president in 1978, during which time the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk by Dan White drew national attention. Family. After a failed 1990 attempt to win the California governorship, Feinstein regrouped and ran in a special election for a seat in the U.S. Senate in 1992. Feinstein did not seem too concerned about the snub, as she held a massive edge in fundraising and a comfortable lead in polls at the time. | Jewish Women's Archive", "Dianne Feinstein | Congress.gov | Library of Congress", "Barbara Boxer | Congress.gov | Library of Congress", "Dianne Feinstein, oldest U.S. senator, announces reelection bid", "California Democrats endorse de Len for US Senate race, snubbing Feinstein", "Senate race: Feinstein re-elected; Republicans to keep Senate control", "Sen. Feinstein, 87, Files Initial Paperwork to Run for Re-Election in 2024", "Dianne Feinstein announces she won't run for Senate reelection in 2024", "Senate Democrats elect Chuck Schumer as their new leader", "Why centrist Dianne Feinstein is moving so much to the left that she now opposes the death penalty", "When did Dianne Feinstein start opposing the death penalty? Awards and honors[edit] Feinstein was presented with the Woodrow Wilson Award for public service by the Woodrow Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institution on November 3, 2001, in Los Angeles. Diane Feinstein's life is a lie She is not Jewish. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Site contains certain content that is owned A&E Television Networks, LLC. As a supervisor, she was considered part of the centrist bloc that included White and generally opposed Moscone. Widow of Bertram Feinstein and Richard C. Blum She went Her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland. Feinstein was born Dianne Emiel Goldman in San Francisco to Leon Goldman, a surgeon, and his wife Betty (ne Rosenburg), a former model. [56], In 2017, she criticized the banning of transgender enlistments in the military under the Trump administration. She married Jack Berman (d. 2002), who was then working in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, in 1956. San Francisco, California In the 1960s, she worked in local government in San Francisco. She said there was no cause for concern and that she had no plans to leave the Senate. Feinstein's sister, Yvonne Banks, said their mother had unpredictable moods. Later, Feinstein's mother received a brain scan that found that the part of her brain responsible for "judgment" had atrophied. During her tenure as San Francisco's first female mayor she led a revamp of the city's cable car system and oversaw the 1984 Democratic National Convention. One of the first challenges to face Feinstein as mayor was the state of the San Francisco cable car system. 20072009 , 20092015 . An untiring champion of the political left, she also has been involved with launching and supporting the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights, the California Desert Protection Act, the Small Business Defense Conversion Guarantee Act and legislation to create the Breast Cancer Research Stamp. [43] She lost the endorsement of the California Democratic Party's executive board, which opted to support State Senator Kevin de Len,[44] but finished first in the state's "jungle primary" and was reelected in the November 6 general election.[45]. -1994, 2000, 2006, 2012 -2018. Along with Feinstein was introduced to politics by an uncle who began She and Blum married in 1980. In mid-March, she sent Gorsuch a letter stating her request had not been met. Perhaps because of her statewide ambitions, Feinstein was seen as a relatively moderate Democrat in one of the country's most liberal cities. [100] The EARN IT act effectively outlaws end-to-end encryption, depriving the world of secure, private communications tools. -1979. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) appears with husband Richard Blum at an election event in San Francisco in November 2018. [60] She has voted to regulate tobacco as a drug; expand the Children's Health Insurance Program; override the president's veto of adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility; increase Medicaid rebate for producing generic drugs; negotiate bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drugs; allow re-importation of prescription drugs from Canada; allow patients to sue HMOs and collect punitive damages; cover prescription drugs under Medicare, and means-test Medicare. , ", , [2]. He was 86. "Shutting down the government is a very serious thing," she said. [147], In 2003, Feinstein was ranked the fifth-wealthiest senator, with an estimated net worth of $26 million. Feinstein and Berman divorced three years later. "[29] The bill failed on a Senate vote of 60 to 40. [17][19] Christianity was passed down to Feinstein's mother, who insisted on her transferral from a Jewish day school to a prestigious local Catholic school, but Feinstein lists her religion as Judaism. [21] [22], Feinstein cosponsored (along with Tom Coburn, an Oklahoman Republican) an amendment through the Senate to the Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011 that eliminated the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit. They said the information gathered by intelligence on the phone communications is used to connect phone lines to terrorists and that it did not contain the content of the phone calls or messages. [16], Feinstein was born Dianne Emiel Goldman[1] in San Francisco to Leon Goldman, a surgeon, and his wife Betty (ne Rosenburg), a former model. The polarizing 62-year-old will face fellow Reps. Katie Porter, 49, Barbara Lee, 76, and potentially incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 89, in the Democratic primary. -1955. " ", ( ). In 1992, she was fined $190,000 for failure to properly report campaign contributions and expenditures associated with that campaign.[21]. Their daughter, Katherine Feinstein Mariano (b. 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