Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON — Laphonza Butler was a young organizer learning her way around California politics when she met Kamala Harris, then ...

Emily’s List President Laphonza Butler believes in the power of “no” for young women who are at the start of their careers. The simple word encourages its user to stand true to their perspective, she ...

Newsom made the announcement on Sunday. Butler is the president of EMILY’s List, which works to elect pro-abortion-rights Democrats to office across the country, and was an adviser on Vice President ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom tapped Emily’s List president and former labor leader Laphonza Butler to fill the Senate seat held by Dianne Feinstein, who died last week. Butler would be ...