Alex Padilla, Picked to Replace Kamala Harris in the Senate, Will Be the First Latino to Represent California
To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Ending weeks of speculation and a closely followed selection process, California Governor Gavin Newsom has chosen Alex Padilla, currently California’s secretary of state, to fill the Senate seat held by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, making him the first Latinx person ever to represent the state of California in the U.S. Senate. But in choosing Padilla, the son of Mexican immigrants and the first in his family to graduate from college, Newsom passed over several Black women who were also strong contenders for that seat,...