Laphonza R. Butler

Laphonza R. Butler is a U.S. Senator from California, born in Magnolia, Mississippi, in 1979. She graduated from South Pike High School in 1997 and earned a political science degree from Jackson State University in 2001. Butler has extensive experience as a union organizer, political campaign consultant, and political action committee executive, and served on the University of California Board of Regents from 2018 to 2021.