Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Alex Padilla, 47, California’s secretary of state since 2015, to fill the Senate seat of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, when she resigns. Latinx folks comprise 40% of California’s population. Padilla is from Los Angeles, of Mexican descent, and has held public office since 1999, 21 years, when at age 26 he […]
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