Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman who is the 40th governor of California, serving since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
Laphonza Butler to become first out LGBTQ Black U.S. senator
Laphonza Butler (via X) California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Laphonza Butler would represent California in the U.S. Senate after the death of Sen.
Dianne Feinstein. Butler will be the first out Black person to ever serve in the body and the first out senator from California.
She will become the third out senator serving following Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. Butler wrote on X, “I’m honored to accept Gov. @GavinNewsom’s nomination to be U.S.
Senator for a state I have made my home and honored by his trust in me to serve the people of California and this great nation.” And, in tribute to Feinstein, wrote, “No one will ever measure up to the legacy of Sen.
