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Scandals, Stress Cloud Mayor Newsom's Future

By Richard Gonzales
Published February 6, 2007 at 1:00 PM PST
This story was published more than 18 years ago.

Gavin Newsom has long been touted as a future senator or California governor, but the San Francisco mayor's political future is now far from certain.

His latest public crisis, admitting to an affair with a close friend and political associate, has even some of his backers wondering if Newsom has lost his way.

Through it all, Newsom has been amazingly candid, not only about the affair but about his own second thoughts on political life and the hassles of being in the spotlight.

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Richard Gonzales
Richard Gonzales is NPR's National Desk Correspondent based in San Francisco. Along with covering the daily news of region, Gonzales' reporting has included medical marijuana, gay marriage, drive-by shootings, Jerry Brown, Willie Brown, the U.S. Ninth Circuit, the California State Supreme Court and any other legal, political, or social development occurring in Northern California relevant to the rest of the country.

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