Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced her support for Alex Padilla, California’s Secretary of State, to succeed Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in the Senate.
Her backing, first reported by HuffPost, could bring additional momentum to Padilla’s bid for the seat. He has been perceived as a frontrunner for several weeks and worked for Feinstein in the Senate earlier in his career.
“I have given him my support. I did that quite a while ago,” Feinstein said, according to Politico. “And my sense is that he’s going to represent California very well. He’s someone I would be happy to work with, and also bring Hispanic representation to the Senate for the first time.”
If appointed, Padilla would be the first Latino senator from California, a state where nearly 40% of the population is Latino, according to U. S. Census Bureau data.
Padilla also has the support of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which has called for more Latino representation on Congress’s upper chamber. One of its members, California Rep. Tony Cárdenas, said last week that the party’s message to Latinos needed to change “ov... (Read more)
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