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“The senator has no plans to step down,” Tom Mentzer, her spokesman, said in an email Monday. Were she to retire before her term is up, the governor would appoint a replacement. Newsom recently held that power after then-California Sen. Kamala Harris was elected vice president. He faced competing pressure to name a Latino and a Black woman and eventually chose Alex Padilla, making him California’s first Latino U.S. senator. Harris’ departure left Black women without any representation in the 100-member chamber. U.S. Reps. Barbara Lee of Oakland and Karen Bass of Los Angeles were under...

Skip to main content Gov. Newsom says he'll name a Black woman to Senate if Feinstein doesn't finish term FacebookTwitterEmail Sen. Dianne Feinstein with then-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom in San Francisco on May 28, 2018.John Storey / Special to the Chronicle SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom would appoint a Black woman to succeed Sen. Dianne Feinstein if she does not finish her term, he said Monday. Newsom faced pressure from African American and progressive political leaders to name a Black woman to replace Vice President Kamala Harris when she gave up her Senate seat in January. Instead, he picked...

Newsom will appoint Black woman if Feinstein retires early KATHLEEN RONAYNE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Wednesday, March 3, 2021, file photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration joint hearing examining the Jan. 6, attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington. California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he'll appoint a Black woman to the U.S. Senate if Feinstein retires before her term ends in 2024. (Greg Nash/Pool Photo via AP, File)Greg Nash/AP SACRAMENTO,...