Former Vice President Al Gore gave a rousing endorsement of mayoral candidate Gavin Newsom Tuesday afternoon, hailing the fellow Democrat as an innovator committed to “renewing The City with great ideas.”
The arrival of the Democratic heavyweight a week before Election Day underscored the Newsom campaign’s portrayal of the race against opponent Matt Gonzalez as a contest between a traditional Democrat and a Green Party member.
Gonzalez left the Democratic Party after he was elected to the board of supervisors in 2000.
“I’m here because I’m passionately in favor of Gavin Newsom,” Gore said.
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