Gavin Newsom Runs For Governor
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and his fiancee Jennifer Siebel wave to the crowd during the 38th annual San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Celebration & Parade on Market Street last Sunday. The parade was a special celebration this year in the wake of the California Supreme Court’s recent ruling that same-sex couples can legally marry in the state. (David Paul Morris / Getty Images)
Del Martin, left, and Phyllis Lyon are married by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom in a private ceremony at San Francisco City Hall on June 16. The octogenarian lesbians were the first pair to be wed in the city when same-sex marriages became legal in California. (Marcio Jose Sanchez / AFP/Getty Images)
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom holds hands with fiancee Jennifer Siebel at San Francisco City Hall on May 15 after the California Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples can marry in the state. Newsom permitted same-sex couples to marry in his city in February 2004, and the marriages continued for a few weeks until the courts stopped the weddings. (Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who first permitted same-sex marriages in his city four years ago until the courts shut the weddings down, cheers the crowd at San Francisco City Hall on May 15, shortly after the California Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples can marry in the state. (Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)
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Gavin Newsom and his then-wife, Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom, celebrate his victory over Matt Gonzalez for the post of San Francisco mayor in this Dec. 9, 2003 file photo. (Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press)
In this file photo from Oct. 30, 2003, then-San Francisco mayoral candidate Gavin Newsom greets potential constituent Maria Casaretto during lunch at the Chicken N Coop on Mission Street in the city’s Excelsior district. Newsom was then-Mayor Willie Brown’s choice to succeed him in the post. (Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)