WASHINGTON—A divided U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Vanita Gupta to serve in the No. 3 job at the Justice Department, a role at the forefront of the department’s renewed efforts to combat systemic racism in policing.
Gupta won confirmation as President Joe Biden’s associate attorney general in a final vote of 51-49. Only one Republican—Lisa Murkowski of Alaska—voted to confirm her, saying she felt Gupta was personally committed to combating injustice.
