Meghan Markle‘s potential bid to become a senator in California is a “long shot” but “crazier things have happened”, a political insider has said.
The Duchess of Sussex has been tipped to run for the seat left vacant by the death of Dianne Feinstein, who died aged 90 on Friday (September 29).
A key donor to the Democratic Party close to California Governor Gavin Newsom, who will select Ms Feinstein’s replacement, told the Mail on Sunday: “Meghan is definitely a long shot but in the craziness that is US politics these days it’s not an impossibility.
“Crazier things have happened.”
In the days since the senior Senator’s death, it has been reported that phones “lit up” with talk of Meghan making a run for office to replace her – and it’s no secret that she has a passion for politics.
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