Transcript: A Look at the California Senate Race

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BOB EDWARDS, Host: The Senate campaign in California between incumbent Democrat Dianne Feinstein and Republican Congressman Michael Huffington is the most expensive in history. Of the $27 million spent so far, two-thirds have come from Huffington's Texas oil fortune. Bankrolling his own campaign has allowed Huffington to run television spots attacking Feinstein non-stop since last spring, a strategy that has paid off. The latest polls show that Huffington, who had been far behind, now trails only slightly. Huffington has portrayed Feinstein, a former mayor of San Francisco, as a career politician, a label she wears proudly. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports.

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