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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.
Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: James Lankford: OK: January 3, 2025: Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee: Tim Scott: SC: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Steering Committee Rick Scott: FL: January 3, 2025: Senate Republican Chief Deputy Whip Mike Crapo: ID: January 3, 2013
Upon taking office, Biden quickly placed more than 1,000 high-level officials into roles that did not require confirmation. [1] As of December 3, 2024 [update] , according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service covering 810 positions, 673 nominees have been confirmed by the United States Senate , 2 are being ...
"The Senate finally corrects a 50-year mistake," proclaimed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, after senators approved the legislation at 12:15 a.m. Saturday, December 21.
The most senior junior senator is Maria Cantwell. Order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term. Behind this is former service as a senator (only giving the senator seniority within his or her new incoming class), service as vice president, a House member, a cabinet secretary, or a governor of a state. The final ...
California's next senator is ready to work with Trump. Mark Z. Barabak. November 10, 2024 at 6:00 AM. ... "Had a lot of my bills signed by [Republican President] George W. Bush and advance in ...
On January 20, 2021, Ossoff was sworn into the United States Senate in the 117th Congress by Vice President Kamala Harris, alongside newly-elected fellow Senator Raphael Warnock and former California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, and would support all of President Joe Biden's cabinet nominees.