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5 days ago · Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and 18 of their colleagues
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.
At just 30 years old Senator Butler was elected President of California’s largest homecare and nursing home workers union SEIU local 2015. She helped to orchestrate raising California’s minimum wage to $15 an hour and secure paid sick days for the state’s home care workers.
Oct 2, 2023 · Laphonza Butler, appointed to fill Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat, would be California’s first openly LGBTQ U.S. Senator and the first Black lesbian to openly serve Congress.
Oct 2, 2023 · Laphonza Butler, president of Emily’s List and a former labor leader, is Gov. Gavin Newsom of California’s choice to fill the Senate seat of Dianne Feinstein, who died at 90 on Thursday in...
Oct 2, 2023 · 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....
Oct 19, 2023 · California Sen. Laphonza Butler will not seek to be elected to a full term in 2024 after she was recently appointed to succeed the late Dianne Feinstein, a decision that removes one potential candidate from an already crowded field, she said in a statement on Thursday.
Oct 3, 2023 · Former union leader and Democratic insider Laphonza Butler has been sworn in as the newest member of the U.S. Senate, replacing California Sen. Dianne Feinstein after her death and becoming only the third Black female senator in history.
4 days ago · U.S. Sen. Laphonza Butler of MS has been effective, honest, spokesperson for California. Mac Gordon. Tue, August 13, 2024, 5:04 AM EDT · 3 min read. Mississippi will lose a valuable ally in Congress later this year with the resignation of U.S. Sen. Laphonza Butler, who has been riding a tidal wave of attention generated by her close friend ...
Oct 3, 2023 · Democratic Sen. Laphonza Butler made history Tuesday when she was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris as the first out Black lesbian to enter Congress and the only Black woman presently...