By Melissa Noel ·Updated October 2, 2023
California Governor Gavin Newsom has selected Laphonza Butler to fill the senate seat left vacant by the death ofSenator Dianne Feinstein.
Butler’s Senate appointment is historic as she will be only the third Black woman to serve in the U.S. Senate and the first openly LGBTQ person to represent California in the Senate, Politico reports.
Butler has led EMILY’s List, an organization dedicated to electing Democratic women, since
