Gavin Newsom Appoints Laphonza Butler to Fill Feinstein Senate Seat
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 2, 2023
Emily's List President Laphonza Butler address a Biden-Harris campaign rally on the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson decision which struck down a federal right to abortion at the Mayflower Hotel on June 23, 2023 in Washington, DC. Getty Images
- Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed a replacement to fill Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat.
- Laphonza Butler, president of EMILY's List, will be the third Black woman to ever serve in the Senate.
- Butler will also become the first openly gay U.S. senator from . . .
