Gavin Newsom
| Gavin Newsom | |
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| 49th Lieutenant Governor of California | |
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Assumed office January 10, 2011 |
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| Governor | Jerry Brown |
| Preceded by | Abel Maldonado |
| 42nd Mayor of San Francisco | |
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In office January 8, 2004 – January 10, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Willie Brown |
| Succeeded by | Ed Lee |
| Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from the 2nd district |
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In office January 8, 1997 – January 8, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Michela Alioto-Pier |
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| Born |
Gavin Christopher Newsom October 10, 1967 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Kimberly Guilfoyle (m. 2001; div. 2005) Jennifer Siebel (m. 2008) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Santa Clara University (BS) |
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| a.^ District created in 2000; prior terms were on a city-wide seat. Appointed to Kevin Shelley's seat. | |
Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman, the former mayor of San Francisco, and the Lieutenant Governor of California since 2011. He hosted The Gavin Newsom Show on Current TV, makes guest appearances on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, and wrote the 2013 book Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government.
Newsom was formerly married to Fox News contributor Kimberly Guilfoyle, and went through an infidelity scandal in 2007. He was a prominent early advocate for same-sex marriage and was influential in legalizing cannabis in California.
Newsom studied at Redwood High School and graduated from Santa Clara University. After graduation, he co-founded businesses with family friend Gordon Getty, who was an investor. Newsom began his political career in 1996 when San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown appointed him to serve on the city's Parking and Traffic Commission and as a member of the Board of Supervisors the following year. Newsom drew voter attention with his Care Not Cash program, which was designed to move homeless people into city-assisted care.
In 2003 he was elected as the 42nd Mayor of San Francisco, the city's youngest in a hundred years. Newsom was re-elected in 2007 with 72 percent of the vote. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of California in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. In February 2015, Newsom announced he was opening a committee to run for Governor of California in 2018.
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