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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.
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 Party member Matt Gonzalez, 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 Gore and former President Bill Clinton.
Newsom gained international attention in February 2004 when he ordered county workers to change marriage certificate application documents to allow for same-sex marriage, which are not recognized by the state. Because of this order, on February 12, 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.)
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