Padilla s 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 same thing, Padilla said in the video call released by the governor’s office.
Gavin Newsom names California’s first Latino U.S. senator to replace Kamala Harris [The Sacramento Bee]
Dec. 22 California Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ successor in the U.S. Senate, making him the first Latino from California to fill the role in the state’s 170-year history.
Newsom’s historic appointment comes after a coalition of Latino progressive groups pressed for Newsom to appoint Padilla, or another Latino, to represent California, where Latinos make up 40% of the population.
“Through his tenacity, integrity, smarts and grit, California is gaining a tested fighter in their corner who will be a fierce ally in D.C., lifting up our state’s values and making sure we secure the critical resources to emerge stronger from this pandemic,” Newsom said in a statement. “He will be a Senator for all Californians.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom made a wise, if not terribly surprising, choice Tuesday in appointing Secretary of State Alex Padilla to serve the remaining two years of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ term in the U.S. Senate.
Political insiders had made Padilla the odds-on favorite from the moment in early November when it became clear that there would be a seat to fill, and not just because he has been an important ally to Newsom and would make history as the first Latino to represent California in the Senate. The 47-year-old checks all the other boxes in terms of experience, accomplishment, temperament, political acumen and national profile.
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