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Vice President-elect Harris to resign her Senate seat Monday

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WILMINGTON, Del. – Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will resign her Senate seat on Monday, two days before she and President-elect Joe Biden are inaugurated.Aides to the California Democrat confirmed the timing and said Gov.

Gavin Newsom was aware of her decision, clearing the way for him to appoint fellow Democrat Alex Padilla, now California's secretary of state, to serve the final two years of Harris' term.Padilla will be the first Latino senator from California, where about 40% of residents are Hispanic.

Newsom announced his choice in December, following intense lobbying for the rare Senate vacancy from the nation's most populous state.Harris will give no farewell Senate floor speech.

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