Michael Eisen http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/01/qa-michael-eisen-wants-be-first-evolutionary-biologist-us-senate http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/01/qa

Michael Eisen http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/01/qa-michael-eisen-wants-be-first-evolutionary-biologist-us-senate http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/01/qa-michael-eisen-want... Feinstein is now 83. I don't think she has announced either way, but it is likely she'll retire. If so, then there will probably be a lot of candidates.