Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to swear in Laphonza Butler as California's newest U.S. senator at the Capitol on Tuesday at noon Pacific time.
Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to swear in Laphonza Butler as California’s next senator on Tuesday at noon Pacific time in the U.S. Capitol., fulfilling his promise to name a Black woman to the Senate. The appointment will ensure that Democrats keep their one-seat majority in the upper chamber.California’s incoming senator, Laphonza Butler, describes her whirlwind trip into history
Laphonza Butler, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s appointee to the U.S. Senate, says she wants to carry the baton of Sen. Dianne Feinstein.Butler has never served as a public official but has worked behind the scenes for Democrats and their causes for decades. She worked for Service Employees International Union Local 2015 for more than a decade and in 2018 was appointed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown as a UC regent for a 12-year term.
. “I want to be focused on honoring the legacy of Sen. Feinstein. I want to devote my time and energy to serving the people of California. And I want to carry her baton with the honor that it deserves and so I genuinely have no idea.”Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s health problems have raised questions about whom Gov. Gavin Newsom would appoint to replace her if the 90-year-old can’t complete her term.
“I am singularly focused on winning my campaign for Senate,” she wrote. “CA deserves an experienced Senator who will deliver on progressive priorities. That’s exactly what I’m running to do.”Erin B. Logan is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Her work has been featured in the Washington Post, National Public Radio and the Baltimore Sun. She previously studied at Vanderbilt University and American University.
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