Professor Tuman Analyzes Political Angle to Appointment of Alex Padilla as U.S. Senator

KPIX-CHANNEL 5 (SAN FRANCISCO) -- Joe Tuman, a political and media professor at San Francisco State University, said there may have been some political calculus in not appointing a Black California congresswoman to Harris’ seat.

“The truth is the House of Representatives lost some seats, some Democratic seats. That gain they made in 2018, they gave back in this most recent election. So there is a little bit of a concern, I’m sure, about plucking people out of the House,” Tuman told KPIX 5 via Zoom.