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"I don’t want to get involved in the primary,” Newsom has said. In the wake Sen. Dianne Feinstein's death, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday is now tasked with naming the trailblazing senator's immediate successor. Newsom has previously pledged to fill any Senate vacancy with a Black woman. Many thought the natural successor for the seat, then, would be Rep. Barbara Lee -- the only Black woman of the three high-profile Democrats running for Feinstein's seat upon her announcement she would seek another term. But on NBC's "Meet the Press" earlier this month, Newsom said that he would not appoint any of the three, a group that includes Reps. Katie Porter and Adam Schiff as well as Lee, to the seat if it became vacant. MORE: Trailblazing California Sen. Dianne Feinstein dies at 90 California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative meeting at the Hilton Midtown on Sept. 18, 2023. in New York. John Nacion/WireImage v...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint Laphonza Butler to Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat. California Governor Gavin Newsom has selected someone to fill the Senate seat left vacant following Sen. Dianne Feinstein's death late last week. Newsom is set to appoint EMILY'S List President Laphonza Butler to the position, the Governor's office confirmed to ABC News. Butler was previously an adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign in 2020, and before that a labor leader. Newsom previously pledged to fill any Senate vacancy with a Black woman, making the comment on MSNBC's "The Reid Out," with host Joy Reid, in 2021. Emily's List President Laphonza Butler address a Biden-Harris campaign rally at the Mayflower Hotel on June 23, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE MORE: 7 dead after after roof collapse at baptism ceremony in Mexico “If in fact Dianne Feinstein were to retire, will you nominate an African A...