Lawmaker Tapped to Replace Sen. Laphonza Butler After Her Decision to Resign

Shine My Crown

Factuality

Ownership

Lawmaker Tapped to Replace Sen. Laphonza Butler After Her Decision to Resign

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has appointed Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to the U.S. Senate to serve out the remainder of appointee Sen. Laphonza Butler’s (D) term.Schiff, who has represented California in the House since 2001 and was elected to the Senate last month, will take office in the upper chamber several weeks ahead of the next Congress, which begins in early January.Butler had been appointed to the Senate in October 2023 to replace th…