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Laphonza Butler
Official portrait, 2023
United States Senator
from California
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 1, 2023
Serving with Alex Padilla
Appointed byGavin Newsom
Preceded byDianne Feinstein
Personal details
Born
Laphonza Romanique Butler

(1979-05-11) May 11, 1979 (age 45)
Magnolia, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseNeneki Lee
Children1
EducationJackson State University (BA)
SignatureLaphonza Butler
WebsiteSenate website

Laphonza Romanique Butler (/ləˈfɔːnzə/ lə-FON-zə; born May 11, 1979) is an American labor union official and politician serving as the junior United States senator from California since 2023. Butler began her career as a union organizer, and served as president of California SEIU State Council from 2013 to 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a regent of the University of California system from 2018 to 2021, and the president of EMILY's List from 2021 to 2023.

On October 1, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom chose Butler to fill the United States Senate seat left vacant by the death of Dianne Feinstein. She is the first openly lesbian African American to serve in the Senate.

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