Governor Gavin Newsom Appoints Laphonza Butler:  A New Chapter in California Politics

LaFonza Butler, who was selected by Governor Gavin Newsom up to 2024.

She is the leader of EMILY's List, the largest group promoting women candidates.

Butler has been a top advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris for a long time.

She is a well-known labor activist and supporter of women and the underprivileged.

She is first openly LGBTQ person to represent California in the Senate.

She is also the first openly gay black member of Congress in American history.

Butler will be the second Black woman to represent Senate, after Vice President Kamala Harris.

Butler was raised in a working-class family; When she was 16, her father, a small business owner, died.

Butler has served in key leadership roles on various boards and organizations