Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to swear Laphonza Butler in on Tuesday to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died last week at the age of 90.
, formerly Twitter, on Monday that she is"honored" to accept Newsom's appointment, and she said"I am ready to serve." Butler is currently the president of EMILYs List, a Democratic group dedicated to electing women who support abortion rights.In appointing Butler, Newsom is keeping a 2021 promise to appoint a Black woman to the role. Feinstein's seat is up for reelection in 2024, and three prominent House Democrats — Reps.
She is the second openly lesbian woman in the Senate, and the first Black lesbian woman in the Senate. She and her wife, Neneki, have a daughter named Nylah. Although Maryland voting records seen by CBS News show a Laphonza Butler of Silver Spring registered to vote in that state, Newsom's office said Monday that Butler will re-register in California, where she owns a home, when she is sworn in.
"There have been parallels in my career and what I knew my mom experienced as a worker herself," Butler said."I always felt like the work I've done has been my opportunity to continue my mom's journey and to make those jobs better for the children of those workers." Butler's biography says she spent 20 years in the labor movement, including working on the campaign to raise the minimum hourly wage to $15 in California, the first state in the country to do so. In 2018, Butler and political consultants Ace Smith, Sean Clegg and Juan Rodriguez formed the political consulting firm SCRB Strategies. Rodriguez ran Harris' primary 2020 campaign, with Butler as senior adviser.
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