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Laphonza Romanique Butler (/ ləˈfɔːnzə / lə-FON-zə; born May 11, 1979) is an American labor union official and politician serving as the junior United States senator from California since 2023. Butler began her career as a union organizer, and served as president of California SEIU State Council from 2013 to 2018.
Laphonza Butler, president of the political action committee EMILY’s List, will be Congress’s first-ever Black lesbian senator. ... a strategist and partner at political consulting firm SCRB ...
Laphonza Butler is set to make history as the first LGBTQ+ person to represent California in the Senate. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) appointed her just two days after the death of Sen. Dianne ...
Laphonza Butler officially filled the seat of longtime Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday after being sworn in at the U.S. Capitol. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, acted quickly in ...
WASHINGTON — Laphonza Butler was sworn in Tuesday to fill the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who died last week at age 90. Vice President Kamala Harris, who has been a ...
The eight black U.S. senators, all Democrats, who are or have been members of the Congressional Black Caucus are Senator Laphonza Butler of California, appointed in 2023 (currently serving), Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, elected in 2013 (currently serving), Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia, elected in 2021 (currently serving), and ...
Dianne Feinstein. Dianne Emiel Feinstein[b] (née Goldman; June 22, 1933 – September 29, 2023) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. [3] A San Francisco native, Feinstein ...
Newsom appoints Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist who rose to prominence in the labor movement, to fill the Senate vacancy left by Feinstein's death.