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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. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a regent of the ...
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. As President she united the power of home care workers statewide ...
Oct 2, 2023 · October 2, 2023 1:03 PM EDT. C alifornia Governor Gavin Newsom tapped Emily’s List president and former labor leader Laphonza Butler to fill the Senate seat held by Dianne Feinstein, who died ...
Sep 16, 2021 · Laphonza Butler, a longtime union leader and Democratic strategist, is the group's next president, the first Black woman and first mother to hold that role since EMILY's List was founded in 1985.
Sep 13, 2021 · Emily’s List, the fund-raising powerhouse that has helped elect hundreds of women who support abortion rights, has chosen Laphonza Butler, a former union leader and well-connected Democratic ...
Oct 2, 2023 · 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 ...
Sep 13, 2021 · Laphonza Butler, the political organization's third president, will be the first Black woman and first mother to lead the group. She is a former senior adviser to Kamala Harris and Airbnb executive.
Nov 5, 2021 · Laphonza Butler, a longtime labor organizer and California political strategist, is the first women of color to lead the women’s political organization EMILY’s List. When Ellen Malcolm founded ...
Oct 2, 2023 · Emily’s List President Laphonza Butler has been selected by Gov. Gavin Newsom to fill the Senate seat left empty by Dianne Feinstein, who died last week. Laphonza Butler, a woman who once worked ...
Oct 3, 2023 · Laphonza Butler makes history as first Black openly lesbian U.S. senator. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris swears in Laphonza Butler to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy left by the recently deceased ...
