Newsom taps California election chief Padilla for US Senate
Alex Padilla will be filling the seat that is being vacated by Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday as the state’s next U.S. senator to fill the seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The child of Mexican immigrants, Padilla will be California’s first Latino…