Who is Laphonza Butler, Dianne Feinstein's Newly Chosen Senate Replacement?

Butler is, among other things, California’s first Black lesbian senator.

of longtime California senator Dianne Feinstein has left an opening in the US Senate, one that governor Gavin Newsom filled this week with theIn November, Butler and other candidates will face off in a special election for the remaining months of Feinstein’s term—and then again in the race for a full six-year term.

Emily’s List, a Democratic PAC devoted to helping pro-choice female candidates run for office, made Butler its president in 2021, and later that year, she spoke to: “As the first woman of color and first mother in this role, I am proud to bring my lived experiences along with my organizing and political experiences to the job. Every day I am driven by my mother’s example and my daughter’s future.

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