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Gavin Newsom Drops Out, but Does California Wake Up?

For most following the California gubernatorial race, it wasn't all that surprising that Gavin Newsom, mayor of San Francisco, decided to withdraw. Newsom, a Democrat who announced his candidacy via Twitter this past April, was always seen as a long-shot contender -- California Attorney General Jerry Brown, the state's former two-term governor who served before term limits were enacted, is an established politician who has widely been considered the front runner (though he hasn't officially declared). But Brown was not Newsom's only obstacle; there was also the issue of money. When he ran for ...

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