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Alejandro "Alex" Padilla (born March 22, 1973) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from California, a seat he has held since 2021.A member of the Democratic Party, Padilla served as the 30th secretary of state of California from 2015 to 2021 and was a member of the California State Senate and the Los Angeles City Council.
California elects United States senators to class 1 and class 3. The state has been represented by 48 people in the Senate since it was admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850. Its U.S. senators are Democrats Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff. Dianne Feinstein was the state's longest serving senator, who served from 1992 until her death in 2023.
These are tables of congressional delegations from California to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. Beginning in the 118th Congress, California sends 52 individuals to the United States House of Representatives, down from the previous 53 due to reapportionment following the 2020 census. This is the first ...
History was made in California yesterday during a zoom call when California Gov. Gavin Newsom named Alex Padilla to fill the Senate seat of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. "You serious?," said ...
Senate Minority Whip: Dick Durbin: IL: January 3, 2025 Party whip since January 3, 2005: Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Policy Committee: Amy Klobuchar: MN: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Democratic Strategic Communications Committee: Cory Booker: NJ: January 3, 2025: Vice Chairs of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Mark Warner ...
JD Vance was the junior senior senator at the start of the Congress until his resignation on January 10, 2025, to become vice president; the distinction is now held by Bernie Moreno. Alex Padilla is the most junior senator to serve as chair or ranking member of a committee. The most senior senator to not serve as chair or ranking member of a ...
Laphonza Romanique Butler (/ l ə ˈ f ɔː n z ə / lə-FON-zə; born May 11, 1979) is an American labor union official and politician who served as a United States senator from California from 2023 to 2024.
Because Feinstein was elected to complete an unexpired term, she was sworn in as a senator in November 1992, [68] while Boxer did not take office until January 1993; therefore, Feinstein became California's senior senator. She also became the first female Jewish U.S. senator.