Harris tells Gavin Newsom Senate pick is his decision to make

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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is staying out of the fraught selection process to fill her Senate seat.

A senior Harris aide told the Washington Examiner that the California Democrat has discussed the soon-to-be-vacant seat with Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is due to appoint her successor, but insists that the selection is up to him.

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