Gavin Newsom

Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman who is the former mayor of San Francisco and the Lieutenant Governor of California since 2011. He was a prominent early advocate for same-sex marriage and was influential in legalizing cannabis in California. Newsom attended 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. 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. Newsom was formerly married to Fox News contributor Kimberly Guilfoyle and has four young children with his wife, filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom. He hosted The Gavin Newsom Show on Current TV and wrote the 2013 book Citizenville. In February 2015, Newsom announced he was opening a committee to run for Governor of California in 2018.