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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.
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.
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, 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 · Laphonza Butler ( Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from California. She assumed office on October 3, 2023. Her current term ends on December 13, 2024. On October 1, 2023, Politico reported that Governor Gavin Newsom (D) had chosen Butler to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the passing of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D). [1] .
Oct 3, 2023 · Laphonza Butler was sworn in Tuesday as a new U.S. senator representing California, replacing Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died last week at the age of 90. Vice President Kamala Harris...
Oct 2, 2023 · Laphonza Butler, a woman who once worked to elect pro-choice candidates, is soon to be California’s newest senator . Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office confirmed Sunday night that Butler will replace...
Oct 3, 2023 · Laphonza Butler was sworn into the Senate Tuesday afternoon, making history as the first openly lesbian Black senator to serve in Congress, and the first openly LGBTQ senator to represent...
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...
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.
