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Padillas pick as U.S. Senator comes with mixed reaction Alex Padilla will be CA’s first Latino senator Gov. Gavin Newsom selected California Secretary of State Alex Padilla for the Senate seat that Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will vacate. Padilla will be the first Latino senator to represent the Golden State. "Because of them. I can’t tell you how many pancakes my dad flipped or eggs he scrambled trying to provide for us or the many, many years of my mom cleaning houses, doing the sa...

Dec 23, 2020 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom selected Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday as the state’s next U.S. senator, a historic pick that sends a Latino to the Senate for the first time in the state’s history. While Padilla had been the favorite, a video released by Newsom’s office shows him getting emotional after Newsom offered him the job, reflecting on the hard work of his parents, who came to the United States from Mexico and worked as a cook an...

A Hongkonger December 23, 2020 06:00 It’s been a rather grim 2020. For the world, for China, and for Hong Kong in particular. Long-standing issues surrounding governance, socioeconomic inequalities, and the city’s uneasy relationship with its own state – stemming from both identitarian and value divergences – have come to a head over the past 20 months. Many have asked me if I believe there’s still a viable path out and forward for Hong Kong – if the city is dying, or dead. Othe...

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla will replace Kamala Harris as senator Updated Dec 22, 2020; Posted Dec 22, 2020 FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2018, file photo, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla speaks in San Francisco. California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, as the states next U.S. senator to fill the seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)AP Facebook Share SACRAMENTO, Calif....

  LOS ANGELES -- California is getting its first Latino U.S. senator. For Gov. Gavin Newsom, its a political gamble. The Democratic governor Tuesday named Secretary of State Alex Padilla, the son of Mexican immigrants, to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris. When Padilla goes to Washington, the former state legislator will become Californias first Latino senator since the states founding 170 years ago. In picking a personal friend and fellow Democ...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom selected Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday to be a U.S. senator, a pick that sends a Latino to the Senate for the first time in the state’s history. Padilla called it a “tremendous point of pride” to be the state’s first Latino sena...

Advertisement Sacramento: California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday, local time, as the states next US senator to fill the seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The child of Mexican immigrants, Padilla will be California’s first Latino senator, giving a new level of representation to the demographic group that makes up nearly 40 per cent of the states population. “Through his tenacity, integrity, smarts and grit, Californ...

Californias first Latino senator: Alex Padilla picked to fill Kamala Harris Senate seat Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press Replay Video UP NEXT SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom selected Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday as the states next U.S. senator, a historic pick that sends a Latino to the Senate for the first time in the states history. While Padilla had been the favorite, a video released by Newsoms office shows him getting emotional after Ne...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday as the state’s next U.S. senator to fill the seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The child of Mexican immigrants, Padilla will be California’s first Latino senator, giving a new level of representation to the demographic group that makes up nearly 40% of the state’s population. “Through his tenacity, integrity, smarts and grit, California is gaining a teste...

Newsom taps California election chief Padilla for US Senate by Kathleen Ronayne, The Associated Press Posted Dec 22, 2020 1:06 pm EDT Last Updated Dec 22, 2020 at 1:12 pm EDT SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday as the state’s next U.S. senator to fill the seat being vacated by Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris. The child of Mexican immigrants, Padilla will be California’s first Latino senator, giving a new level of repres...