{"id":2016128,"date":"2023-08-29T21:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T01:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-selects-new-senate-leader-for-2024\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T21:09:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T01:09:11","slug":"california-selects-new-senate-leader-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-selects-new-senate-leader-for-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"California chooses new Senate leader for 2024."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-selects-new-senate-leader-for-2024%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2016128&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The California Senate Selects Sen. \u200bMike McGuire as Future Leader<\/h2>\n<p>The California Senate will have a new leader\u200c in 2024 after the\u200c Senate Democratic Caucus\u200b selected Sen. \u2064Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) to replace\u2064 Senate Pro Tem Toni \u200bG. Atkins (D-San \u2064Diego) Aug. 28, according \u2063to an <a href=\"https:\/\/sd02.senate.ca.gov\/news\/2023-08-28-senate-leader-atkins-announces-agreement-reached-pro-tem-designee-transition-be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement<\/a> by Ms. Atkins who terms out of office next year.<\/p>\n<p>Selected as the first woman to serve as Pro Tem in 2018, Ms. Atkins also\u2064 is the\u200b first senator in over 150 years to have served \u200cin that role and as Assembly Speaker.<\/p>\n<p>After having worked closely with Mr. McGuire \u2064in recent years, she said \u200cshe\u2019s confident of his ability to\u200b lead and for a smooth transition.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/some-california-bills-that-can-die-without-discussion-on-sept-1-post-5482231\">These California Bills Could Die Without Discussion on Sept.\u200c 1<\/a> \u200c &#8211; 8\/28\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/california-assembly-speaker-anthony-rendon-steps-down-after-challenging-position-5364471\">California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon Steps Down<\/a> &#8211; \u200b6\/29\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSenator McGuire has been a key member\u2063 of my leadership team, a trusted confidant, and time \u200bafter time, \u200dthe convener who sets the table to get things \u2063done. The Senate and the people of California will be in good hands with Senator McGuire \u200das their future leader of the Senate,\u201d \u2062she stated in the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Mr.\u200b McGuire was elected to the Senate in 2014, where he has served \u2064as a\u2062 majority leader since 2022. He has also played a leading role in \u201cseveral leadership victories,\u201d \u200caccording to the press release, including\u2063 a 2022 climate package and the infrastructure streamlining package for this fiscal year\u2019s state budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWords are not\u2063 enough to express the \u2062extent of my gratitude, honor, and humility for being chosen by our united Caucus to lead the California Senate. \u2063Together, we will meet the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/happy-new-year-2021-let-faith-and-hope-guide-our-efforts\/\" title=\"Happy New Year 2021! \u2014 Let Faith and Hope Guide Our Efforts\">challenges ahead<\/a> with grace, \u2062courage, and determination. We will never \u200cstop fighting to make the promise\u200d of the \u200bGolden State real for every Californian,\u201d Mr. \u200bMcGuire said in the\u2062 announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Representing Senate District 2, which encompasses much of the \u200dstate\u2019s northern coast, Mr. McGuire has been an advocate for children in \u2062public schools, led the way in the Legislature\u2064 on wildfires, \u200band helped combat homelessness through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/qa-with-gop-colorado-senate-candidate-joe-odea\/\" title=\"Q&#038;A With GOP Colorado Senate Candidate Joe O\u2019Dea\">building affordable housing<\/a> in rural California, \u2064according\u2064 to his <a href=\"https:\/\/sd02.senate.ca.gov\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">biography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2023\/08\/28\/governor-newsom-statement-on-senate-leader-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>, the same \u200cday, congratulated Mr. McGuire on being selected and acknowledged his accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator \u200cMcGuire \u2064is a \u2062proven leader who\u2063 has been a tireless champion for communities \u200cravaged by wildfire, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-selects-new-senate-leader-for-2024\/\" title=\"California chooses new Senate leader for 2024.\">expanding educational\u200d opportunities<\/a>, building affordable\u2062 housing, addressing homelessness, and other priorities\u200b for\u2064 everyday\u200c Californians. I\u200b congratulate him\u2063 on this new role and \u200clook forward to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lisa-murkowski-wins-re-election-in-u-s-senate-mike-dunleavy-first-alaska-governor-to-win-re-election-since-1998-projection\/\" title=\"Lisa Murkowski Wins Re-Election In U.S. Senate, Mike Dunleavy First Alaska Governor To Win Re-Election Since 1998: Projection\">important work ahead<\/a> with \u200bthe Senate,\u201d \u2064he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr.\u2063 McGuire will term out of office in 2026 and is\u200b considering a run, that year, for the state&#8217;s highest office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) has been chosen by the Senate Democratic Caucus to succeed Sen. Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) as the leader of the California Senate in 2024. Sen. Atkins, who became the first woman to hold the position in 2018, will be leaving office next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1349,"featured_media":2016129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2016128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}