California, Election 2010

California Lt. Governor Race: Gavin Newsom Rules Out Running For Lt. Governor in 2010 – For Now

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There has been an awful lot of rumors and speculation and much press coverage for the past week or so that San Francisco Gavin Newsom was about to enter the CA Lt. Governor race. The SF Appeal Online Newspaper reports Mayor Newsom pulled the plug on the rumors at a press conference in San Francisco Tuesday. He did, however, keep the plug, ….just in case.

From The Appeal:

“I don’t know who said what to who (Monday), but there is no pending announcement. There never was,” the mayor told a pack of online, print, radio and television media in Room 200 at City Hall. “I haven’t made up my mind. There is no pending decision.”

The deadline to file paperwork to run for the office is 5 p.m. March 12.

“I’ll let you know,” his honor promised. “Don’t believe the rumors until then.”        

Link to full story: http://sfappeal.com/news/2010/…  

2 thoughts on “California Lt. Governor Race: Gavin Newsom Rules Out Running For Lt. Governor in 2010 – For Now”

  1. Mayor Gavin Newsom said this morning that he will file a ballot statement this afternoon just in case he decides to run for lieutenant governor.

    As our colleagues Matier and Ross noted in their column today, Newsom has been assembling a team for a possible run and 5 p.m. today is the deadline to submit statements to appear in the voter guide.

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  2. What are the chances looking like for each of these candidates? Who naturally gravitates towards these candidates? And (unfortunately more importantly) who has the best fundraising potential?

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