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3 days ago · Championing fairness & justice for Californians Message Laphonza How Can We Help? Press Releases View More News Stay Connected Stay Up TO Date How can we help you? Help With A Federal Agency Share Your OPINION VISITING D.c. Office Locations Washington, DC 112 Hart SenateOffice BuildingWashington, DC 20510202-224-3841 San Francisco One Post StreetSuite 2450San Francisco, […]
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. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a regent of the ...
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.
Meet Laphonza Senator Butler was raised in the town of Magnolia, Mississippi to working class parents who believed their most important responsibilities were family and service to others. Though her father died while she was just a teenager, her parents showed Laphonza and her two brothers that hard work and education would be their strongest […]
Oct 3, 2023 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Former union leader and Democratic insider Laphonza Butler was sworn in as the newest member of the Senate on Tuesday, replacing California Sen. Dianne Feinstein after her death and becoming only the third Black female senator in history.. Butler was appointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday, just two days after Feinstein died at her home in Washington.
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 1, 2023 · California Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint Laphonza Butler, the president of EMILY’s List, to fill the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat, his office confirmed Sunday evening.
Oct 19, 2023 · Vice President Kamala Harris swears in Laphonza Butler to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy left by the recently deceased Senator Dianne Feinstein, as Butler's wife, Neneki Lee, holds the bible, Oct. 3 ...
Sep 13, 2021 · For Immediate Release September 13, 2021. EMILYs List Names Laphonza Butler New President Historic New Leader for Groundbreaking Organization. EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, announced today its Board of Directors has chosen Laphonza Butler as its next president.
Oct 1, 2023 · A trusted adviser to Vice President Harris and leader of the nation’s largest organization dedicated to electing women, Butler will make history as California’s first openly LGBTQ United States Senator and the first Black lesbian to openly serve in Congress in American history
