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   California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) pledged Monday that he would   
   appoint a Black woman to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-   
   Calif.) should she choose to retire before her term is up.   
      
   In an interview with MSNBC's Joy Reid, the governor said that he   
   had several candidates in mind for a potential replacement for   
   Feinstein, 87, who has faced pressure from some progressive   
   Democrats to step down and is no longer the top Democrat on the   
   Senate Judiciary Committee. Her current term is up in January   
   2025.   
      
   “We have multiple names in mind, the answer is yes," Newsom   
   said, responding to Reid's question as to whether his candidate   
   would be a Black woman.   
      
   Newsom's comments come as he faces his sixth recall campaign as   
   California's governor as well as pressure to nominate a woman of   
   color for California's next open Senate seat upon the departure   
   of Vice President Harris, who was previously elected to her   
   Senate post in 2016.   
      
   Newsom appointed Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) to finish Harris's   
   term late last year after coming under similar pressure at the   
   time.   
      
   “The son of Mexican immigrants — a cook and house cleaner — Alex   
   Padilla worked his way from humble beginnings to the halls of   
   MIT, the Los Angeles City Council and the State Senate, and has   
   become a national defender of voting rights as California’s   
   Secretary of State. Now, he will serve in the halls of our   
   nation’s Capitol as California’s next United States Senator,"   
   the governor said in December.   
      
   Newsom currently faces a recall effort launched by Republicans   
   in the state in response to his handling of the COVID-19   
   pandemic and criticism of state-level restrictions on business   
   and public life resulting from the outbreak.   
      
   He faced criticism last year after attending a dinner party at   
   the prestigious French Laundry restaurant, which he later said   
   he regretted.   
      
   https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/543341-newsom-says-he-will-   
   appoint-african-american-woman-to-senate-if-feinstein   
           
      
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