Expired by DECADES "moderate"

 " Padilla became California's senior senator on September 29, 2023,  

upon the death of Dianne Feinstein." 

Senior Senator

Upon the death of Feinstein

 Look to yourself rotten Democrats

It's a Fine Fascism

You've nurtured

With multiple ancient candidates

Past their Sell By Date

Expired by DECADES 

 "first professional role was as a personal assistant to Senator Dianne Feinstein. "  

 "September 13, 2001, two days after the 9/11 attacks, Padilla became the acting mayor of Los Angeles  

for a couple of days 

 while Mayor James K. Hahn traveled out of the city.[1 Los Angeles Times wrote that Padilla's rise to the mayor's office 

 raised his "political stock" 

Certainly to me. Senior. 

"September 2014, Padilla promoted what would later become Proposition 67, a proposed ban on plastic bags." 

Now that's progressive that I want to canvas for! 

"He was expected to face an intraparty battle with fellow Democrat Leland Yee, but Yee's arrest for felony racketeering caused Yee to abandon the race" 

"On October 16, 2020, Padilla was involved in a controversy between the state and the California Republican Party, as the party deployed unofficial ballot boxes for voters to submit their ballots at select locations, 

 including churches and gun stores

 in competitive California districts. 

 Padilla issued a cease-and-desist order, arguing that the ballot boxes were illegal and failed to ensure ballot security. 

Local Republican leadership  

refused to follow the order 

 and said the boxes were a form of  

legal ballot harvesting 

that had been enabled by recent Democratic legislation (which lacked a chain of custody requirement),  

 and were a way to increase voter turnout." 

"In early 2020, Padilla announced a $35 million no-bid contract for a statewide voter education ad campaign with 

 partisan public relations firm SKDK 

(then known as "SKDKnickerbocker")  

called "Vote Safe California", but State Controller Betty Yee blocked the funding because Padilla's office did not have the authority to use federal money that was allocated to county governments;  

the campaign proceeded anyway" 

Oh. 

The group had marketed itself as being on "Team Biden",  

and the awarding of the no-bid contract under supposed "emergency powers" 

 despite the group's ties with the Democratic Party and work for Democratic politicians running for office in California received

 bipartisan criticism" 

Team Crony got us here 

Knickerbocker