{"id":684,"date":"2025-07-15T12:34:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/?p=684"},"modified":"2025-07-15T12:34:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:34:21","slug":"sfstandards-gavin-tracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/?p=684","title":{"rendered":"SFStandard&#8217;s Gavin-Tracker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Keep track here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2025\/07\/08\/newsom-president-campaign-tracker\">https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2025\/07\/08\/newsom-president-campaign-tracker<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>December 2003: <\/strong>After serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Newsom is elected mayor on campaign promises to move the city in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/Mayor-delivers-change-in-first-weeks-in-office-2827565.php\">\u201cnew direction.\u201d<\/a><strong> GavTracker: Toss-up<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>February 2004: <\/strong>Weeks after being elected, Newsom sparks national controversy with a decision to begin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sf.gov\/news--san-francisco-celebrates-winter-love-20-year-anniversary-marking-historic-milestone-same-sex\">issuing same-sex marriage licenses<\/a>, in defiance of state law. <strong>GavTracker: Likely running<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>September 2004: <\/strong>In a Harper\u2019s Bazaar profile of Newsom and then-wife Kimberly Guilfoyle \u2014 featuring <em>that <\/em>famous photo of the two <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/gavin-newsom-kimberly-guilfoyle-rug-photo.html\">spooning on a fancy rug<\/a> in Ann Getty\u2019s home \u2014 the couple are compared to the Kennedys. \u201cI\u2019d gladly vote for him,\u201d Guilfoyle says of the idea of Newsom running for president. <strong>GavTracker: He\u2019s running<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>February 2007: <\/strong>A year after his split from Guilfoyle, Newsom admits to and apologizes for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-2007-feb-02-me-newsom2-story.html\">having an affair<\/a> with the wife of his campaign manager and close friend. <strong>GavTracker:<\/strong><strong>Not running<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>November 2016: <\/strong>As lieutenant governor, Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/la-pol-ca-proposition-64-california-legalizes-marijuana-snap-20161108-story.html\">champions a ballot measure<\/a> to legalize recreational marijuana. <strong>GavTracker: Likely running<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>November 2020: <\/strong>Biden wins the presidency, and Harris as vice president becomes his heir apparent. Newsom and Harris, who rose through the ranks of San Francisco politics together, have long shared political advisers and donors, complicating the governor\u2019s ambitions for 2024. <strong>GavTracker: Not running<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>November 2020: <\/strong>In the midst of a Covid shutdown, Newsom enrages sheltered Californians by attending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/Newsom-attended-French-Laundry-party-with-more-15725393.php\">a birthday party<\/a> at posh Napa Valley\u00a0 restaurant the French Laundry. <strong>GavTracker: Not running<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>September 2021: <\/strong>Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/capitol-alert\/article254117678.html\">easily defeats a recall election<\/a> fueled by the French Laundry scandal. His political standing continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppic.org\/publication\/ppic-statewide-survey-californians-and-their-government-october-2022\/\">rise with voters in the polls<\/a>. <strong>GavTracker: Toss-up<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>October 2023: <\/strong>After a quick visit to Israel following Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7 attack, Newsom travels to China for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2023-10-23\/gavin-newsom-california-israel-visit-arrives-china-hong-kong-climate-talks\">weeklong trip focused<\/a> on climate change in what some see as an unusual gubernatorial foray into foreign affairs. <strong>GavTracker: Likely running<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>November 2023:<\/strong> Newsom debates Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Fox News\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/\u201cThe Great Red vs. Blue State Debate\u201d\">\u201cThe Great Red vs. Blue State Debate.\u201d<\/a><strong>GavTracker: Likely running<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>June to July 2024: <\/strong>Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/06\/27\/us\/biden-trump-debate\">horrible debate performance<\/a> leads to Harris replacing him at the top of the ticket, officially delaying any hopes of Newsom running. <strong>GavTracker: Not running<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>November 2024: <\/strong>With Harris\u2019 defeat, Democrats immediately look to possible contenders to retake the White House in 2028, with Newsom\u2019s name floated as a top option. <strong>GavTracker: Toss-up<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>January 2025 to present: <\/strong>Newsom launches a <a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2025\/05\/28\/gavin-newsom-podcast-democrats-toxic-brand\/\">podcast<\/a> in an effort to better understand conservative voters and how Democrats can improve their messaging and assumes the role of \u201cresister-in-chief\u201d to Trump. <strong>GavTracker: Likely running<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>June to July 2025: <\/strong>Newsom publicly discusses a possible presidential run and travels to South Carolina to meet with top Democrats in the swing state. <strong>GavTracker: Likely running<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep track here: https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2025\/07\/08\/newsom-president-campaign-tracker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[40,13,2,157],"class_list":["post-684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2028-presidential-election","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-governor","tag-newsom","tag-presidency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":685,"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684\/revisions\/685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gavin-newsom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}