From: don.p.del.grande@gmail.com   
      
   > >> Governor Newsom has already promised a black woman will replace her.    
   > >> Barbara Lee is probably on the phone as we speak; she's "only" 73 or so.    
   > >   
   > Upon further reflection I doubt it will be Lee simply because Dems can’t    
   > afford to vacate a House seat, even it it’s only until a special election    
   > can be held.   
      
   I forgot that the Governor can't fill a vacancy in the House, and the special   
   election would have to be on Super Tuesday.   
      
   Besides, "the pick is in" - EMILY's List president (and African-American woman   
   (as promised), and the first lesbian African-American Senator to boot)   
   Laphonza Butler.   
      
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