“Vice President-elect Kamala Harris submitted her resignation from her seat in the U.S. Senate on Monday, two days before she will be sworn into her new role. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has selected California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to serve out the rest of Harris’ term, which ends in 2022. ‘As I resign from the Senate, I am preparing to take an oath that would have me preside over it,’ Harris wrote in a farewell post” – Axios.