October 2, 2023

California's new senator

Axios -  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) named Laphonza Butler, 44, president of EMILY's List, to fill the seat held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. "A trusted adviser to Vice President Harris and leader of the nation's largest organization dedicated to electing women," the announcement says, "Butler will make history as California's first openly LGBTQ United States Senator and the first Black lesbian to openly serve in Congress in American history."....Butler, who was an executive at Airbnb and an adviser to Uber, could run for a full six-year term next year.

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