Newly appointed California Sen. Laphonza Butler, who hasn't announced whether she would run next year, looked like a candidate in her first full week in office
The celebration of a film and television production magnet school in downtown Los Angeles had the feeling of a campaign rally. Celebrities George Clooney and Eva Longoria and politicians including Gov. Gavin Newsom mingled with fans before taking the stage. There in the middle of it all was California's newest senator, Laphonza Butler. 'Young people, I stand before you as only the third Black woman ever to serve in the United States senate,' Butler said to loud applause.
Local 721, whose 98,000 members make it the largest public sector union in Southern California. 'She hasn't forgotten where she came from,' Green said. After running Local 2015 for four years, she worked as a political consultant for Uber and other corporations, then as an AirBnB executive, before joining then-Sen. Kamala Harris' unsuccessful presidential campaign.
pours millions of dollars into state elections each cycle, and its 700,000 members in the state — who look to their union's endorsements to guide their decisions at the ballot box — make it a sizable voting bloc. The union has boosted state Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and bolstered Newsom's successful effort to ward off the 2021 recall campaign with millions of dollars in cash and field support.
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