return2ozmaCalifornia governor to name Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to Feinstein Senate seat
worldwidewaveButler will be the only Black woman serving in the U.S. Senate, and the first openly LGBTQ person to represent California in the chamber.
The long-serving Democratic senator died last Thursday after a series of illnesses. Butler leads Emily’s List, a political organization that supports Democratic women candidates who favor abortion rights. She also is a former labor leader with SEIU 2015, a powerful force in California politics.
She seems like a good appointee, but honestly I’m just glad to have two functioning senators in my state now.
She seems like a good appointee
Hard to tell, but she does meet the only two qualifications that Newsom thought were important enough to mention.
She led the largest unions in California and ran Kamala Harris’ campaign. Those aren’t nothing.
The first is fair qualification, but idk if running the Harris campaign is a good one.