Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will not run for California’s open Senate seat in 2016, the Democrat told the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday.
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Harris, who was the first candidate to officially jump in the race, has already secured the backing of several prominent Democrats. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren backed Harris in an email to supporters, praising the attorney general for “consistently [standing] up to Wall Street.” Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have also expressed support for Harris.
