Laphonza Butler
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Laphonza Romanique Butler is an American labor union official and former politician who served as a United States senator from California from 2023 to 2024. Butler began her career as a union organize
Official portrait, 2023
Butler (center) with State Assemblymembers Jimmy Gomez, Bonnie Lowenthal, John Pérez, and Susan Eggman in 2013
Butler sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris in the Old Senate Chamber in 2023. Butler's wife Neneki Lee (center) holds the Bible upon which Butler is taking the oath.
EMILYs List
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EMILYs List, formerly stylized as EMILY's List, is an American political action committee that aims to help elect Democratic female candidates in favor of abortion rights to office. It was founded by
Laphonza Butler
…from 2013 to 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a regent of the University of California system from 2018 to 2021, and the president of EMILY's List from 2021 to 2023. Butler is a longtime ally of Kamala Harris. On October 1, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom chose Butler to fill the United…
Ellen Malcolm attending an EMILY's List event.