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Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
SAN DIEGO, CA Gov. Gavin Newsom Tuesday nominated Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, to serve as the next California secretary of state, a move that would make her the first Black woman to ever hold the position.
Weber would replace Alex Padilla, who was appointed by Newsom earlier Tuesday to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Weber s nomination is subject to confirmation by the state Legislature. Dr. Weber is a tireless advocate and change agent with unimpeachable integrity, Newsom said. The daughter of sharecroppers from Arkansas, Dr. Weber s father didn t get to vote until his 30s and her grandfather never got to vote because he died before the Voting Rights Act passed in 1965. When her family moved to South Central Los Angeles, she saw as a child her parents rearrange furniture in their living roo
California gets Latino U.S. senator, some Black leaders angry By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, AP Political Writer
Published: December 23, 2020, 8:20am
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4 Photos FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2019, file photo, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla talks during a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, as the state s next U.S. senator to fill the seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) Photo Gallery
LOS ANGELES California is getting its first Latino U.S. senator. For Gov. Gavin Newsom, it’s a political gamble.
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In the 2020 presidential election, the ever-divisive President Donald Trump over-performed, relative to his 2016 baseline, with both Black and Hispanic voters. While Joe Biden won the presidency in a closer-than-expected contest, Democrats under-performed in both the Senate and House relative to what most prognosticators had predicted prior to the election.
Immediately after the election, moderate and progressive Democrats began trading recriminations. In the eyes of the moderates, Democrats rhetoric about defunding the police and Green New Deal -style massive government programs cost them many winnable races. But, progressives responded, there is little concrete evidence of this, and Clintonian-style centrism is, at this point, an outmoded dinosaur of a previous era. Who is right?
Editorial: California gets its first Latino U.S. senator: Alex Padilla
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1of2Secretary of State Alex Padilla speaks at the San Francisco Chronicle on Thursday, January 5, 2017 in San Anselmo, Calif.Lea Suzuki/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of2FILE - 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 state s next U.S. senator to fill the seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)Eric Risberg/Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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