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Laphonza Romanique Butler (/ l ə ˈ f ɔː n z ə / 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 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 ...
Laphonza Butler, the woman selected by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to succeed the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, is a longtime union leader and abortion rights advocate, who also will be ...
Laphonza Butler will be the Senate’s only Black woman and just the third in its history, following Harris (2017-2021), now vice president, and Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, (1993-1999) the Illinois ...
Laphonza Butler, D-Calif., is seen during a re-enactment of her swearing-in ceremony to the Senate to succeed the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Laphonza Butler, president of the political action committee EMILY’s List, will be Congress’s first-ever Black lesbian senator. California Gov. Gavin Newsom tapped Butler to fill the Senate ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom has picked Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist who rose to prominence in the labor movement, to fill the Senate seat held by Dianne Feinstein, who died Friday at age 90.