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.
Political Notebook: Transgender nurse runs to be CA insurance czar
Persistence has paid off for transgender nurse Veronika Fimbres, as the Green Party member has qualified to appear on the June 7 primary ballot as a candidate for California insurance commissioner.
She is the first known transgender statewide office seeker to make it onto a general election ballot in California, as well as the first person living with HIV to do so.Twice before she had attempted to qualify as a candidate, first in the 2018 gubernatorial race.
She failed to raise enough money to cover the filing fee, however, so her name was left off the primary ballot that March. Fimbres was certified as a write-in candidate for the race, which was handily won by then-lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom.The San Francisco resident had tried to qualify as a candidate in the failed recall attempt of Newsom last year.
But Fimbres did not turn in the required income tax forms and was rejected for the ballot, which did include transgender reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner, a Republican.This time around Fimbres was successful in raising the funds required to be a candidate for the state's insurance czar.
