Laphonza Butler
American politician and labor union official (born 1979) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Laphonza Romanique Butler (born May 11, 1979) is an American union organizer and politician. She was a United States senator from California from 2023 to 2024.
On October 1, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom chose Butler to fill the U.S. Senate seat that was left vacant by the death of Dianne Feinstein. She is the first Black lesbian to serve in the Senate.[1]
Butler did not run for election to the Senate in 2024. She resigned from the Senate on December 8, 2024. Adam Schiff took her Senate seat.[2]
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