Gov. has a free hand to decide who he chooses to appoint to succeed the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein in the Senate – but he is hemmed in by his own pledges and complex political constraints.Feinstein, who died at 90, has been a force in California politics and her hometown of San Francisco for decades. Now it is up to Newsom to decide who will succeed her until an election will be held in November 2024.He has already been direct about who he will designate: a black woman. Vice President is one of just two black women to serve in the during its history, and Newsom said flat-out that in the event of a vacancy, he would name another one.
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