"One of the biggest takeaways from Kamala Harris's new book is that there's no love lost between her and Governor Gavin Newsom, after each has risen separately out of the same political orbit over the past 25 years. Longtime California residents may remember how, while Gavin was still lieutenant governor and Kamala was still attorney general, it became clear that they would be rivals of some kind."
"Newsom and Harris can both credit former SF Mayor Willie Brown for their entries into California politics and arguably for their swift rises as well. Harris notoriously dated Brown when she was in her 20s, something that she only obliquely mentions these days. And Newsom, as CalMatters notes, was appointed to his first city commission in 1996 by Brown, who later appointed him to the Board of Supervisors, setting him up for his 2003 mayoral bid."
Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom have a longstanding personal and political rivalry after rising separately from the same California power network over the past 25 years. Their early careers set them on potentially competing tracks when Newsom served as lieutenant governor and Harris as attorney general. Newsom waited to pursue the governor's office while Harris ran for and won a 2016 Senate seat. Both credit former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown for launching their political careers, and Harris had a personal relationship with Brown in her twenties. As of 2025, both appear likely to consider presidential bids in 2028, facing national skepticism about California and differing name recognition.
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