What Next: Dianne Feinstein’s Replacement Is Here. Who Is She?

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🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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California Democrats were already jockeying to run for Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat next year and Governor Gavin Newsom sidestepped the contenders by announcing he would appoint Laphonza Butler to the seat. While Newsom made good on his vow to appoint a Black woman to the Senate, does Butler’s job offer come with a poison pill? Guest: Alex Sammon, Slate politics writer. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.3	Back in 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom
0:51.4	had a lot on his plate.
0:54.2	There was the COVID pandemic.
0:56.5	There was the attempt by Republicans to recall him.
0:59.8	It didn't work.
1:01.3	And then there was Democratic Senator Kamala Harris.
1:05.7	You can imagine how proud I'm feeling.
1:08.6	American people are feeling about her candidacy now for the next vice president.
1:15.1	So Harris had just been tapped to serve as Biden's new VP
1:20.3	and Newsom had just filled her newly vacant Senate seat
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