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== Career ==
== Career ==
[[File:Laphonza Butler with Assemblymembers, 2013.jpg|thumb|Butler (center) with [[California State Assembly|state assemblymembers]], 2013.]]
[[File:Laphonza Butler with Assemblymembers, 2013.jpg|thumb|Butler (center) with [[California State Assembly|state assembly members]], 2013.]]
Butler began her career as a [[union organizer]] for nurses in [[Baltimore]] and [[Milwaukee]], janitors in [[Philadelphia]], and hospital workers in [[New Haven, Connecticut]]. In 2009, she moved to [[California]], where she organized in-home caregivers and nurses, and she served as president of [[Service Employees International Union |SEIU]] United Long Term Care Workers, SEIU Local 2015.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Barabak |first=Mark |date=November 5, 2021 |title=Column: For women in politics, California strategist offers a fresh face and added mission|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-11-05/laphonza-butler-first-black-woman-to-lead-emilys-list |access-date=August 9, 2023 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US |archive-date=August 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810230341/https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-11-05/laphonza-butler-first-black-woman-to-lead-emilys-list |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |first=Donna M. |last=Owens |date=September 22, 2021 |title=Laphonza Butler Becomes First Black Woman to Lead Influential Political Organization EMILY's List|url=https://www.essence.com/news/laphonza-butler-named-president/ |access-date=August 9, 2023|website=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]] |language=en-US |archive-date=August 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810233245/https://www.essence.com/news/laphonza-butler-named-president/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=August 8, 2018 |title=Laphonza Butler President of SEIU Local 2015, Appointed Budget Director to University of California Board of Regents|url=https://lasentinel.net/laphonza-butler-president-of-seiu-local-2015-appointed-budget-director-to-university-of-california-board-of-regents.html |access-date=August 9, 2023 |archive-date=August 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810230833/https://lasentinel.net/laphonza-butler-president-of-seiu-local-2015-appointed-budget-director-to-university-of-california-board-of-regents.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Butler began her career as a [[union organizer]] for nurses in [[Baltimore]] and [[Milwaukee]], janitors in [[Philadelphia]], and hospital workers in [[New Haven, Connecticut]]. In 2009, she moved to [[California]], where she organized in-home caregivers and nurses, and she served as president of [[Service Employees International Union |SEIU]] United Long Term Care Workers, SEIU Local 2015.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Barabak |first=Mark |date=November 5, 2021 |title=Column: For women in politics, California strategist offers a fresh face and added mission|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-11-05/laphonza-butler-first-black-woman-to-lead-emilys-list |access-date=August 9, 2023 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US |archive-date=August 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810230341/https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-11-05/laphonza-butler-first-black-woman-to-lead-emilys-list |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |first=Donna M. |last=Owens |date=September 22, 2021 |title=Laphonza Butler Becomes First Black Woman to Lead Influential Political Organization EMILY's List|url=https://www.essence.com/news/laphonza-butler-named-president/ |access-date=August 9, 2023|website=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]] |language=en-US |archive-date=August 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810233245/https://www.essence.com/news/laphonza-butler-named-president/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=August 8, 2018 |title=Laphonza Butler President of SEIU Local 2015, Appointed Budget Director to University of California Board of Regents|url=https://lasentinel.net/laphonza-butler-president-of-seiu-local-2015-appointed-budget-director-to-university-of-california-board-of-regents.html |access-date=August 9, 2023 |archive-date=August 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810230833/https://lasentinel.net/laphonza-butler-president-of-seiu-local-2015-appointed-budget-director-to-university-of-california-board-of-regents.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


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Laphonza Butler
Butler in 2018
United States Senator-designate
from California
Assuming office
October 2023
Appointed byGavin Newsom
SucceedingDianne Feinstein
Personal details
Born
Laphonza Romanique Butler

1978/1979 (age 44–45)
Magnolia, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.[1]
EducationJackson State University (BA)
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Laphonza Romanique Butler (born 1978/1979)[2] is an American politician who currently is a United States senator-designate. She has served as president of EMILY's List since 2021. On October 1, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he had chosen Butler to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Dianne Feinstein.[3]

Early life and education

Butler was born in Magnolia, Mississippi, the youngest of three children. Her father died of heart disease when she was 16 years old. She attended South Pike High School in Magnolia[4] and Jackson State University.[5]

Career

Butler (center) with state assembly members, 2013.

Butler began her career as a union organizer for nurses in Baltimore and Milwaukee, janitors in Philadelphia, and hospital workers in New Haven, Connecticut. In 2009, she moved to California, where she organized in-home caregivers and nurses, and she served as president of SEIU United Long Term Care Workers, SEIU Local 2015.[5][6][7]

Butler was elected president of the California SEIU State Council in 2013. She undertook efforts to boost California's minimum wage and raise income taxes on the wealthiest Californians.[5] As president of SEIU Local 2015, Butler endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary.[8] Butler was one of California's electors who voted for Clinton in the 2016 election.[9]

In 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown appointed Butler to a 12-year term as a regent of the University of California.[7] She resigned from her role as regent in 2021.[10]

Butler joined SCRB Strategies, a California-based political consulting firm, as a partner in 2018. At SCRB, she played a central role in Kamala Harris's 2020 presidential campaign. She was known as a political ally of Harris's since the latter's first run for California Attorney General in 2010, when she helped Harris negotiate a shared SEIU endorsement in the race.[5][11] Additionally, Butler advised Uber in its dealings with organized labor while at SCRB.[12]

Butler left SCRB in 2020 to join Airbnb as director of public policy and campaigns in North America.[13][6]

Butler was named the third president of EMILY's List in 2021. She was the first black woman and the first mother to lead the organization.[14][5]

U.S. Senate

Appointment

On October 1, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom chose Butler to become the next U.S. senator from California, to take the seat left vacant by the death of Dianne Feinstein, thus fulfilling a pledge to appoint a black woman to the office.[15]

She is slated to be sworn into the Senate by Vice President Kamala Harris on October 4, 2023.[15] Upon taking office, she will become the first LGBT member of the U.S. Senate from California and the first black lesbian to serve in the Senate.[16]

Personal life

Butler is lesbian.[17] She and her partner, Neneki Lee, have a daughter. They moved to Maryland in 2021 when she assumed the presidency of EMILY's List.[18] Governor Newsom's office stated Butler would reregister to vote in California before taking office as a senator.[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ Phillips, Aleks (October 2, 2023). "Laphonza Butler's non-California residence raises questions". Newsweek.
  2. ^ "Governor Brown Announces Appointments | Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr". www.ca.gov. Archived from the original on October 19, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  3. ^ "Newsom taps Laphonza Butler for Feinstein's Senate seat". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  4. ^ "Butler gets Beta Club scholarship". Enterprise-Journal. April 18, 1997. p. 4. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c d e Barabak, Mark (November 5, 2021). "Column: For women in politics, California strategist offers a fresh face and added mission". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Owens, Donna M. (September 22, 2021). "Laphonza Butler Becomes First Black Woman to Lead Influential Political Organization EMILY's List". Essence. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Laphonza Butler President of SEIU Local 2015, Appointed Budget Director to University of California Board of Regents". Associated Press. August 8, 2018. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  8. ^ Cottman, Michael (February 4, 2016). "Clinton Gains Support From 170 African American Women Leaders". NBC News. Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
  9. ^ "November 8, 2016, General Election Presidential Elector List for the State of California" (PDF). California Secretary of State. October 4, 2016.
  10. ^ "Regent Emerita Laphonza Butler | Board of Regents". regents.universityofcalifornia.edu. Archived from the original on August 12, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
  11. ^ Mason, Melanie (December 7, 2018). "Labor leader Laphonza Butler jumps to political consulting — and just maybe a Kamala Harris presidential campaign". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  12. ^ Finnegan, Michael; Mason, Melanie (September 12, 2019). "Kamala Harris' brother-in-law is the public face of Uber's fight with labor. It's awkward". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  13. ^ Cadelago, Christopher; Marinucci, Carla (September 4, 2020). "Key Kamala Harris political consultant heads to top Airbnb post". Politico. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  14. ^ Booker, Brakkton (September 24, 2021). "EMILY's List has a new Queenmaker". Politico. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  15. ^ a b Cadelago, Christopher (October 1, 2023). "Newsom picks Laphonza Butler as Feinstein replacement". Politico. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  16. ^ Reston, Maeve; Pager, Tyler (October 2, 2023). "Newsom taps Emily's List leader to fill Feinstein's Senate seat". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  17. ^ @laphonzabutler (June 1, 2022). "Happy 🌈 Pride Month!". Retrieved October 1, 2023 – via Instagram.
  18. ^ Brewster, Freddy (October 1, 2023). "Gov. Newsom's office says he'll name Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to Feinstein Senate seat". KTVU. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  19. ^ Bollag, Sophia; Garofoli, Joe (October 1, 2023). "Gavin Newsom names Laphonza Butler to fill U.S. Senate seat". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
U.S. Senate
Preceded by U.S. Senator (Class 1) from California
Taking office 2023
Served alongside: Alex Padilla 		Designate
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