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Will an LGBTQ+ Californian Succeed Kamala Harris in the U.S. Senate? December 22 2020 11:17 AM EST Updated December 22 2020 1:40 PM EST UPDATE: California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday morning that he is appointing Secretary of State Alex Padilla to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy left by Kamala Harris's ascension to vice president. Padilla will be the first Latinx U.S. senator from California, where the population is 40 percent Latinx. The move ends weeks of speculation about Harris's successor, with some calling for another Black woman to replace her (Harris was the only Black woman in ...

Who will replace Kamala Harris in the Senate? California governor weighs a shortlist of firsts Alicia Victoria Lozano © Provided by NBC News LOS ANGELES — Robert Garcia remembers watching on television as then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered the county to issue same-sex marriage licenses in 2004. A young gay man in his 20s at the time, Garcia called it a "light switch" that ignited his passion for public service. Now, Garcia, 43, mayor of Long Beach, California, is one of four people Newsom, now the governor, is weighing to serve in the Senate when Vice President-...