Kamala Harris to swear in Democratic strategist Laphonza Butler to fill Dianne Feinstein's seat
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Vice President Kamala Harris will swear in the late-Sen. Dianne Feinstein's interim replacement, Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist appointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom tapped Butler, the president of EMILY's List — a Democratic political action committee (PAC) dedicated to electing pro-abortion Democratic women to office — for the vacant interim Senate seat late Sunday evening, just two days after Feinstein’s death. Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
Butler will be the only Black woman serving in the U.S. Senate and the first openly LGBTQ+ lawmaker to represent the Golden State in the upper chamber.
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