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Gavin Christopher Newsom (/ n uː s ə m / NEW-səm; born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 40th governor of California since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 2011 to 2019 as the 49th lieutenant governor of California and from 2004 to 2011 as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco.
The sole federal district, the District of Columbia, elects a mayor to oversee its government in a similar manner. [2] [3] In the event of a vacancy, the governor is succeeded by the second-highest-ranking state official; in 45 states and 4 territories, the lieutenant governor is the first in the line of succession. [4] [5]
Gov. Gavin Newsom hit the “emergency brake” on California’s coronavirus reopening Monday and knocked 39 counties back under more restrictive rules, citing a surge in COVID-19 cases. Twenty ...
In the two-month period after Governor of Arizona Doug Ducey abruptly ended Arizona's statewide lockdown on May 15, 2020, the seven-day moving average of new COVID-19 cases in Arizona soared, from an average of 377 cases per day to 3,249 cases on July 15. On July 8, Arizona reported as many new cases of COVID-19 as the entire European Union ...
All of them have called for fewer COVID-19 mitigation measures and mandates; all have criticized Newsom for out-of-control homelessness, expensive housing, rising rates of violent crime and high ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom said the dramatic reductions in hospitalizations and deaths will allow him to end California's COVID-19 state of emergency in February, three years after his initial declaration.
Mofford later became acting governor after Evan Mecham was impeached by the House of Representatives, and succeeded to the governorship when Mecham was removed from office after his conviction by the Senate. Starting with the 2026 election cycle, Arizona will have a lieutenant governor, pursuant to a 2022 amendment to the constitution. [129]
Democrat Gavin Newsom is in his second year as California's governor. Newsom has been praised for his swift response to the coronavirus pandemic, similar to his New York counterpart, Gov. Andrew ...