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.
questioned by a TMZ reporter about the spate of state bans on transgender girls and women playing on sports' teams. Harnessing fear and ignorance of trans people — and the false assumption trans females have an inherent physical advantage over cisgender females — Republicans have tried to make this non-issue a rallying cry for their base.Jenner, running as a Republican to replace Gavin Newsom as California governor should he be recalled by voters, parroted that cynical malice to TMZ.