California Secretary of Command Alex Padilla will private Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’s Senate seat, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday.
“By map of his tenacity, integrity, smarts and grit, California is gaining a examined fighter in their nook who will be a fierce ally in D.C., lifting up our disclose’s values and making clear we valid the excessive sources to emerge stronger from this pandemic,” Newsom acknowledged. “He’ll be a Senator for all Californians.”
“I’m honored and humbled by the belief placed in me by Governor Newsom, and I intend to work every and every single day to honor that belief and negate for all Californians,” Padilla acknowledged in an announcement.