| February Wed, 2024
Laphonza Butler Will Be Just the 3rd Black Woman Senator in U.S. History
“This just shows how long it’s taking for us to get Black women to the point where they can even launch viable campaigns,” said Kimberly Peeler-Allen, a visiting practitioner at the Center for American Women and Politics. “That has a lot to do with how leadership is viewed in this country — still predominantly white, predominantly male.”
| February Wed, 2024
Newsome Talks About Laphonza Butler his pick for US senate
Debbie Walsh, president of the Center for American Women and Politics, praised Newsom’s choice and speculated that Butler is positioned “to make a serious run.”
| February Wed, 2024
Laphonza Butler, who will be sworn in Tuesday as California’s Senator, called smart and savvy
That Butler has never held elected office before and is being appointed rather than elected to the post is “a non-traditional route on top of a non-traditional route,” said Debbie Walsh, director of the Rutgers University Center for American Women and Politics.
| February Wed, 2024
Dianne Feinstein’s historic senate career and accomplishments in photos
The number of women in the Senate nearly doubled after Feinstein was elected, from four in 1993 to seven in 1995, and then up to nine from 1997 to 2001, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.