San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is considering a 2010 run for governor - a campaign that would embrace many of the same divisive causes he has championed as mayor, including same-sex marriage, universal health care and protections for illegal immigrants, The Chronicle has learned.
Newsom has long been rumored to be a potential contender in what is likely to be a crowded field of Democrats looking to succeed Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a list that includes Attorney General and former Gov. Jerry Brown, former state Controller Steve Westly and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
In recent months, Newsom has quietly been meeting with Democratic campaign strategists and other supporters to discuss a gubernatorial run, and he is now "certain to at least consider the possibility," said Eric Jaye, a Newsom confidant and political consultant.
When asked whether he was planning to run, Newsom said, "A number of people in the last few months have reached out and talked to me about it."
He declined to discuss any details of a possible campaign.
"It's premature to talk about it in the open," Newsom said. "In the next few months we'll see what happens."
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Mayor Newsom has been the number one advocate of same sex marriage and started the ball rolling by allowing LGBT people to get married in San Franscisco. A great friend of the LGBT community. (O.M.)
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