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Recently appointed California Senator Laphonza Butler has announced that she will not run for a full Senate term in the 2024 election. Her decision averts a contest featuring three high-profile Democratic candidates vying for the Senate seat left vacant by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Butler’s choice not to run …

Grace Panetta, Mel Leonor Barclay, Terri Rupar Originally published by The 19th California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday named Laphonza Butler, the first Black woman to lead EMILY’s List, to fill the Senate vacancy created by the death of longtime Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The news of Newsom’s expected move was …