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Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing on April 20, 2023, in Washington. Prominent Latinos in Congress looked on quietly, at first, privately raising concerns with the Biden administration over the direction of border security talks. Padilla was on the phone constantly with administration officials questioning why the Senate negotiations did not include any meaningful consideration of providing pathways to citizenship for long-time undocumented immigrants. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Latino Democrats shift from quiet concern to open opposition to Biden’s concessions in border talks

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FILE - Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., questions Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Padilla, who was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, will face Republican constitutional lawyer Mark Meuser to fill the last two months of Kamala Harris' U.S. Senate term and the other for a new six-year term. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Alex Padilla keeps California Senate seat in Democratic column

By Elliot Spagat - Associated Press

Congresswoman Maxine Waters waves in her car during a car parade to mark Juneteenth on Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Biden encourages Maxine Waters to run for Senate: ‘You think I’m kidding. I’m not’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 16, 2021, file photo, Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., speaks during a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Padilla on Monday, May 3, 2021, proposed a vast expansion of government protection for public lands and rivers that he said would fight climate change and safeguard natural treasures for generations to come. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

California senator seeks expansion of land, water protection

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In this Oct. 30, 2017, file photo, Cristian Rodriguez fuels his vehicle in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California Democrats urge Biden to tackle climate change by banning sale of gas-powered vehicles

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2019, file photo, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla talks during a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, as the state's next U.S. senator to fill the seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California gets Latino US senator, some Black leaders angry

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 10, 2020, file photo, Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, calls on members of the Assembly to approve a measure at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Weber, was named on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, by picked Gov. Gavin Newsom to be Caliofornia Secretary of State. She will be the first Black woman to hold the post and comes to the job with a special understanding about the right to vote. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File

Ancestor of 1st Black California elections chief never voted

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla talks during a news conference Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Alex Padilla picked by Gavin Newsom to fill Kamala Harris Senate seat

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Feinstein picks Padilla in jockeying for Harris’ Senate seat

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An official ballot drop box is seen Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Santa Clarita, Calif. With more than 1.5 million votes already cast in California, state Republican Party leaders on Wednesday said they will not comply with an order from the state's chief elections official to remove unofficial ballot drop boxes from counties with competitive U.S. House races.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

California GOP says it won’t remove unofficial ballot boxes

By ADAM BEAM and AMY TAXIN - Associated Press

Voters wait on line at a polling station at the University of Southern California on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Some California voters are waiting in long lines because of technical glitches connecting to the statewide voter database or too many users trying to cast ballots at once. The secretary of state's office said election workers in 15 counties could not connect to the statewide voter registration database on Super Tuesday but that the issues have been resolved. (AP Photo/Stefanie Dazio)

California asks LA County to mail ballots to deter delays

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, file photo, people line up at the California Department of Motor Vehicles prior to opening in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles. A Republican lawyer who has waged lawsuits on behalf of the Trump administration is suing California and the state DMV, saying the agency is failing to verify whether non-citizens are being registered to vote. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

The Latest: California official rejects lawsuit claims

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California voters must approve law to end bail before trial

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California DMV: 589 voter records not sent before election

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

Yolanda Jimenez casts her mail-in ballot in at the voting center at the California Museum Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Voters will pick a new governor and weigh in on contests for the U.S. Senate, Congress, the state Legislature and ballot measures along with local candidates and issues. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The Latest: San Francisco approves tax to help homeless

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California Secretary of State Alex Padilla responds to a question concerning the voter registration of ineligible people by the California Department of Motor Vehicles, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Padilla says he doesn't yet know if any of the roughly 1,500 people mistakenly registered to vote by the DMV voted in the June primary election. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California election official can’t say if non-citizens voted

By SOPHIA BOLLAG - Associated Press

California sets record as voter registration tops 19 million

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Calif. rent-control measure qualifies for November ballot

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File - In this July 8, 2017 file photo, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla speaks during a voter registration meeting at the National Association of Secretaries of State conference in Indianapolis. California's top elections official said Wednesday, March 7, 2018, the state has aggressive safety procedures in place to protect its elections systems against Russian and other meddling but is ramping up even more ahead of the 2018 midterms. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

California elections chief says state security is strong

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

California rebuffs 2nd Trump commission voter data request

By SOPHIA BOLLAG - Associated Press