Alex Padilla Will Replace Kamala Harris as CA Senator

Alex Padilla Will Replace , Kamala Harris as CA Senator.<br />California Governor Gavin Newsom announced <br />Padilla's appointment on Tuesday. .<br />I can think of no one better to represent the state of California as our next United States Senator, Gavin Newsom, CA Governor, Twitter.<br />Padilla will be the first Latino ever to <br />represent California in the U.S. Senate.<br />I will make you proud and California proud by getting it done in the U.S. Senate. We've got a lot of work to do, and I'm ready, Alex Padilla, CA Secretary of State, via CBS News.<br />Padilla is California's current Secretary of State. <br />His appointment fills the empty Senate seat <br />left by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.<br />Harris congratulated Padilla, <br />tweeting, "I know he will continue fighting <br />for our state as California's first Latino senator.".<br />Padilla is a first-generation American and <br />a "national defender of voting rights."