WASHINGTON _ Voters overwhelmingly chose Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein in the California primary Tuesday.
Feinstein was long expected to secure a spot on the November ballot in her campaign for a fifth full term in the U.S. Senate, and The Associated Press called the race not long after polls closed Tuesday evening.
The question remains who Feinstein will face in November, as votes for the other 31 candidates were still being tallied Tuesday.
State Sen. Kevin de Leon is the most likely to earn the second spot in California's top-two primary. He has dominated the polls while challenging Feinstein from her left. A handful of late polls have seen increasing support for a little-known Republican, James P. Bradley of Laguna Niguel, raising the specter of a Republican edging de Loon out of the race.
Feinstein, 84, already is the longest consecutively serving California politician. If re-elected this fall, she would be among the oldest people to ever serve in the Senate.
