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Newsom faces tough choice to fill 'friend and mentor' Feinstein's Senate seat, Dianne Feinstein
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How Laphonza Butler, Dianne Feinstein's replacement, shaped policy
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Laphonza Butler, Newsom's pick to replace Feinstein, will be only Black woman in Senate
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Who is Laphonza Butler? What we know about Newsom's Senate pick
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Newsom appoints Butler to U.S. Senate
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Newsom picks political activist to replace Feinstein – Palo Alto Daily Post
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Gavin Newsom picks EMILY's List President Laphonza Butler as the late Diane Feinstein's replacement. 🏛️ Butler is well-known in…
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Laphonza Butler sworn in to replace late California Sen. Feinstein, third Black female senator in US history - CBS San Francisco
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Inside Laphonza Butler's political past from Kamala Harris ally to Gavin Newsom's pick for Dianne Feinstein Senate seat
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Newsom's selection of Laphonza Butler to fill Feinstein's Senate seat came together so quickly that Butler's mother learned of the appointment from a news alert
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Black women mobilized in California over Senate appointment