Laphonza Butler is greeted in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol after being sworn in to the Senate last year. California Gov.

Butler, appointed to the U.S. Senate by California Gov. Gavin Newsom after the death of Dianne Feinstein, leaves office after ...

Newsom appointed Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) – who just won the Senate race in California – to fulfill the rest of Feinstein’s and Butler’s term in the Senate, which will last until January. Schiff will ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) appointed Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to the Senate to complete the rest of appointee Sen.

VP Kamala Harris honored Shirley Chisholm by signing the Congressional Gold Medal Act. U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (CA-12 ...

Adam Schiff will get a jump on his term as U.S. senator a few weeks with California Gov. Gavin Newsome appointing him to ...

Butler held her final Los Angeles open house last month, regaling the friendly crowd with anecdotes of being the only Black ...

Butler had been appointed to the position by Governor Gavin Newsom in October of last year following the death of Diane ...

Newsom also praised Butler’s commitment to public service and expressed confidence in Schiff’s ability to carry forward the ...

An interview with Senator Laphonza Butler, Democrat of California, during her final week in the Senate. By Lisa Lerer Laphonza Butler will have served as a senator from California for only about ...

Laphonza Butler’s office is quiet. It’s a wonder that there is much to pack at all. Butler only moved into this space on the ground floor of the Hart Senate building — the same office her ...