Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a Democratic ‘heavyweight,’ asks Biden to bow out of presidential race

Over the last week, the calls for President Joe Biden to bow out as the presumptive Democratic Party nominee have grown louder, and now, one of the Bay Area’s most prominent Democrats, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, is chiming in.

Concerns about Biden’s viability in November started circulating following his unsteady performance at the June 27 presidential debate. Since then, more than two dozen Democratic congressmembers have asked the president to suspend his re-election bid including several members of the California delegation like Reps.