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Gavin Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is the 42nd mayor of San Francisco, California. He was elected mayor on December 9, 2003, replacing Willie Brown. Newsom spent his youth in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from Santa Clara University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He has been married since December 2001 to Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom , a former attorney for the San Francisco District Attorney's office and former model who is currently a legal analyst and commentator who appears on television networks including Court TV, CNN, and MSNBC. Mrs. Newsom caused an amusing controversy in October 2004 when remarks and gestures she made at a gay rights dinner suggested that her husband is very well-hung and will never cheat on her because of her skill at oral sex (she makes no denials of her husband's endowment, but claims she never meant to imply oral sex).
Gavin Newsom's first taste of public office was in 1996 when he was appointed President of San Francisco's Parking and Traffic Commission. Later in 1996, he was appointed to fill a vacant seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors . Voters re-elected him to the Board of Supervisors in 1998, 2000 and 2002.
Aside from public service, Newsom has built several successful businesses in northern California. He is a partner/owner of the PlumpJack Wine Shop (his first business, opened in 1992), the PlumpJack Cafe, the Balboa Cafe, the Matrix/Fillmore, the Squaw Valley Inn, and the PlumpJack Management Group.
Newsom, a Democrat, ran for Mayor in 2003, finishing first in the November general election with 42% of the vote, but because he did not receive a majority was forced to run in a December runoff against President of the Board Supervisors and Green Partylogo depicts a stylized flower, a theme common in many worldwide green party logos. The Green Party of the United States is the national political party committee of the Green Party in the United States, as recognized by the Federal Elections Commission. member Matt GonzalezMatt Gonzalez (born 1965) is the president of the San Francisco, California Board of Supervisors, and a member of the Green Party. He represents city District 5, which covers the Haight-Ashbury, Western Addition and a portion of the Inner Sunset neighborh, which Newsom won with 53% of the vote. During the runoff campaign, Newsom -- accused of being excessively pro-big business by his Green opponents -- was endorsed by former Vice President Al GoreAlbert Arnold Gore Jr. born March 31, 1948) is an American Democratic politician who served as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He ran for President in 2000 following Bill Clinton's two four-year terms, but was defeat and former President Bill ClintonWilliam Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) is a U. politician who served two terms as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A moderate Democrat who was elected Governor of Arkansas five times, Cli.
Newsom gained international attention in February 20042004 : January February March April May June July August September October November December Ongoing events Haiti Rebellion Bloody Sunday Inquiry Exploration of Mars: Rovers Bird flu Israeli-Palestinian conflict Same-sex marriage in the United States SCO when he ordered county workers to change marriageMarriage is a relationship that plays a key role in the definition of many families. Precise definitions vary historically and between and within cultures, but it has been an important concept as a socially sanctioned bond between people who (usually) are certificate application documents to allow for same-sex marriage, which are not recognized by the state. Because of this order, on February 12February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 322 days remaining, 323 in leap years. Events 1541 Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia. 1554 Nine days after claiming the throne of England, Lady Jane Grey is beheade, 2004, 50 gay and lesbian couples became some of the first in the United States to receive official government-sanctioned marriage licenses recognizing their relationships, and about 4,000 same-sex couples were married in San Francisco until the weddings were stopped by the California Supreme Court on March 11. (See Same-sex marriage in the United States for more information.) Some prominent Democrats such as Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Barney Frank speculated that Newsom's actions helped doom the party's Presidential candidate, John Kerry, but Newsom rebuffs any such finger-pointing, saying that national security issues and Kerry's non-existent campaign theme were the real reasons for defeat, not gay marriage.
