Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman who is the 40th governor of California, serving since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
East Bay Assembly candidates lay out LGBTQ plans
Voters in Alameda, San Leandro, and a portion of Oakland head to the polls Tuesday, June 29, or have until then to mail in their ballots, to elect a new Assembly member to represent them in Sacramento.
Eight candidates are running in the special election for the 18th Assembly District seat in Alameda County.It has been vacant since Rob Bonta (D) resigned earlier this year following Governor Gavin Newsom naming him to be the state's attorney general.
His wife, Mia Bonta, currently the Alameda Unified School Board president, is seen as the frontrunner in the race, with a host of the state's top Democratic officials backing her campaign.
