California state Senate President Toni Atkins, left, hugs Sen. Mike McGuire after he was named the successor to Atkins on Aug. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) McGuire was first elected to ...

Toni Atkins will become the first woman to lead the California Senate next year. Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León announced Thursday that Atkins, a San Diego Democrat, is the consensus pick ...

State Sen. Toni Atkins meets with a staff member in her San Diego office on March 2. On March 21, Atkins will become the leader of the California Senate, the first woman in history to lead the ...

California's Democratic State Senate Pro Tempore Toni Atkins is officially running for governor in 2026, she announced at her campaign's first rally in San Diego Friday morning.

With California's governor, lieutenant governor and state Senate president pro tem all out of town for part of Wednesday, newly elevated Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) finds herself ...

California state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins has a proposal to spend $2 billion on waterworks to confront drought. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) By George Skelton Capitol Journal Columnist ...

Atkins will make California history next month when she becomes the first woman to lead the state Senate and the first person in modern state history to have led both houses of the legislature.

San Diego Sen. Toni Atkins was tapped Thursday by fellow state Senate Democrats to replace Kevin de Leon and become the chamber’s first female leader amid scrutiny over the Legislature’s ...

Opinion: Toni Atkins’ California Dream Plan Is Well Meant, But Not Enough by Dan Walters • CalMatters Columnist June 19, 2022, 10:05 p.m. June 20, 2022, 7:12 a.m. Share this: ...

Sen. Toni Atkins became the first woman and first LGBT person to lead the California Senate on Wednesday, pledging to work toward changing the Capitol culture amid a reckoning over sexual misconduct.

Toni Atkins’ California Dream Home Plan Would Loan Down Payment to First-Time Buyers by Chris Jennewein • Times of San Diego May 11, 2022, 11:30 p.m. May 12, 2022, 7:28 a.m. Share this: ...