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Alex Padilla Will Replace Kamala Harris as CA Senator

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Alex Padilla Will Replace Kamala Harris as CA Senator

Alex Padilla Will Replace Kamala Harris as CA Senator

Alex Padilla Will Replace , Kamala Harris as CA Senator.

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Padilla's appointment on Tuesday.

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I can think of no one better to represent the state of California as our next United States Senator, Gavin Newsom, CA Governor, Twitter.

Padilla will be the first Latino ever to represent California in the U.S. Senate.

I will make you proud and California proud by getting it done in the U.S. Senate.

We've got a lot of work to do, and I'm ready, Alex Padilla, CA Secretary of State, via CBS News.

Padilla is California's current Secretary of State.

His appointment fills the empty Senate seat left by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

Harris congratulated Padilla, tweeting, "I know he will continue fighting for our state as California's first Latino senator.".

Padilla is a first-generation American and a "national defender of voting rights."


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