HISPANDERING NEWSOM selling us out for the ILLEGALS’ ILLEGAL VOTES!
Newsom taps SoCal Latino powerhouse Padilla for state chair
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is aiming big for Southern California and Latino voters in his 2010 gubernatorial run -- underscored by his announcement today of his campaign's new state chair, State Senator Alex Padilla.
With Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa deciding not to make a 2010 run, Padilla, 36, ranks as one of the Latino community's biggest stars in California. He ran for Los Angeles City Council at the age of 26 and served more than 7 years on the Los Angeles City Council -- including more than four as council president.
And that's not all he brings to the campaign of the Democratic San Francisco mayor. Padilla's got a "very tight" relationship with labor, is seen as a rising star in the party -- the first Latino to be president of the League of California Cities -- and has a strong political organization in the voter-rich San Fernando Valley, all big advantages to Team Newsom.
Just in time for Newsom's big town hall meeting tonight at Taft High School in the San Fernando Valley.
And he'll need that help if they want to compete with his likely competition, state Attorney General Jerry Brown, the former two term governor. Public and private polls show that while the San Francisco mayor is equally well known as Brown in Northern California, Brown has the advantage in the Southland.
No wonder: he made his political debut in 1969, just around the time Newsom was born, on the Los Angeles Community College Board.
So Job One for Newsom: building cred and name recognition in that huge and crucial media market -- part of the reason he is taking his town hall road shows to the Southern part of the state all this month and next.
And, of course, Padilla's support is also crucial with regard to Newsom's Latino vote challenge; Brown has been widely seen as having the advantage with Latino voters and likely to pick up the lion's share of Villaraigosa's ethnic supporters. That's because with decades in state politics, the AG is not shy about reminding voters of his work with legendary farm labor leader Cesar Chavez, and noting his work as governor on issues like education and environment.
But the naming of a big state name like Padilla to lead the charge for Newsom also underscores a new challenge for Brown: seems we're getting to the point in the 2010 gubernatorial campaign where crucial endorsements are emerging.
So will the former governor have to finally declare whether in 2010 he's running for AG -- or governor -- before he can announce his own big backers?
Stay tuned.
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