Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco has taken his first public step toward seeking higher office by filing papers to form an exploratory committee for a potential California gubernatorial bid in 2010.

According to the Las Vegas Sun, “Newsom, a Democrat best known for challenging California’s same-sex marriage in 2004, is six months into his second and final term, which expires in 2011. Speculation over whether he would run to succeed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has pursued him since his re-election, but the mayor always deflected it by saying his attention remained fixed on the city.”

Newsom’s establishment of an exploratory committee would permit him to begin raising money and conducting polls. If he decides to enter the race, the 40-year-old politician will likely face a man 30-years his senior: Attorney General Jerry Brown, who had previously served as governor from 1975 to 1983.

The Sun reports that, “Newsom has $250,000 left over from his mayoral campaign, but the new gubernatorial committee won’t have to file its first campaign disclosure report until the end of the year … Newsome made headlines early in his first term when he directed city workers to grant marriage licenses to gay couples, three months before Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.”

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