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As analysts continue to debate the still emerging exit polls and voter data that will ultimately tell the story of the 2020 election, many agree Black voters in Georgia were crucial to Biden’s narrow November victory. It is also commonly understood that Black voters will be critical to Georgia’s high profile Senate runoff races, and organizers are hoping to continue to grow their numbers.
Along with most of the country, Georgia saw record-breaking turnout in the November election from all demographics, including those with traditionally low voter participation. For Black voters, organizers on the ground like Dennette Battle have had an enormous impact on increasing turnout in their communities.
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla speaks during a news conference at the State Capitol building in 2019 in Sacramento, California. On Tuesday, December 22, Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Padilla to fill the Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has selected California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to fill Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ US Senate seat. California has never before had a Latino senator, despite the fact that nearly 40 percent of its residents are Latino and Padilla will change that.
“The son of Mexican immigrants a cook and house cleaner Alex Padilla worked his way from humble beginnings to the halls of MIT, the Los Angeles City Council and the State Senate, and has become a national defender of voting rights as California’s Secretary of State. Now, he will serve in the halls of our nation’s Capitol as California’s next United States Senator, the first Latino to h
Newsom tested negative on Sunday but will quarantine out of an abundance of caution.
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FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a COVID-19 testing facility in Valencia, Calif. As California Gov. Gavin Newsom weighs whom to appoint to the Senate to fulfill the rest of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris term, he s facing pressure to name a Latino or a Black woman. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, Pool, File) Author: CBS News 8 Team Published: 10:32 PM PST December 20, 2020 Updated: 5:22 AM PST December 21, 2020
CALIFORNIA, USA California Gov. Gavin Newsom will enter a 10-day quarantine out of an abundance of caution despite testing negative for COVID-19 after a staff member he had been in contact with tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, a spokesperson for the governor’s office confirmed.
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Last month s election brought an electoral realignment, with Georgia and Arizona flipping to Democrats on the back of a strong showing in inner and outer suburban communities. The fiscal relief deal that just came together in Congress is the first indication that Washington is taking this new suburban battleground into account when it crafts legislation, with the immediacy of the Senate runoff elections in Georgia on the minds of both parties.