SHE’S RUNNING

The race is on in California to replace the late Dianne Feinstein as a United States Senator and former anchor Christina Pascucci has opened up her own long-shot bid.

Pascucci, a political rookie who’s never run for office before, worked for more than ten years at Nexstar’s KTLA before leaving last year for the supposedly greener pastures of FOX-owned KTTV.

That didn’t work out as her weekend anchoring time was cut to one day and a planned public affair program never materialized.

In an exclusive interview with POLITICO to announce her candidacy, Pascucci positioned herself as a moderate consensus builder.

“I’ve been covering the most pressing issues of California for the past 15 years and watching this race closely, as well as covering it and interviewing some of the candidates,” Pascucci said in the interview Tuesday. “And the more I watched it, the more closely I studied it, I honestly felt dismayed by how it was shaping up. I spoke to a lot of others who felt the same way. Like, this is our future — more of the same.”

And, by the way, she’s pregnant.

She’s a newcomer in a field filled with political veterans like Adam Schiff and Katie Porter, both members of Congress.

But she’s not the only novice.

Former baseballer Steve Garvey is running as a Republican.