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Tangent<\/h2>\n

Harris reportedly dated Brown in the 1990s after his separation from his wife and while he was state assembly speaker and she was assistant district attorney, and critics of Harris have claimed she used the relationship to boost her career. Brown acknowledged they dated and that he helped her career, along with those of other California Democrats, in a 2019 San Francisco Chronicle column<\/u> titled, \u201cSure, I dated Kamala Harris. So what?\u201d Harris has sought to distance herself from Brown, describing him as an \u201calbatross hanging around my neck . . . let\u2019s please move on\u201d to SF Weekly in 2003<\/u>, when she was running for San Francisco district attorney.<\/p>\n

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Crucial Quote<\/h2>\n

A spokesperson for Newsom, Izzy Gardon, told multiple<\/u> outlets<\/u> in response to Rippey\u2019s essay, \u201cThe governor acknowledged his role and publicly apologized for his conduct nearly two decades ago when he was still mayor. In the time since, he met his wife, started a family and has focused on serving Californians. He addressed this chapter of his life, including in his memoir, and out of respect for everyone involved, does not have anything further to add.\u201d<\/p>\n

What To Watch For<\/h2>\n

Newsom and Harris are both considered possible candidates for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination. Harris said in April she \u201cmight\u201d run and is \u201cthinking about it.\u201d Newsom has also acknowledged he\u2019s considering it, but said earlier this month, \u201cfate will determine that.\u201d He said in March he would reassess a potential run after this year\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n

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Key Background<\/h2>\n

Rippey, marking 20 years of sobriety, detailed how the affair ruined her marriage but ultimately forced her into rehab for her alcoholism. Newsom admitted the affair publicly after Rippey\u2019s then-husband, Newsom\u2019s campaign manager and friend Alex Tourk, confronted Newsom shortly after Rippey, Newsom\u2019s appointments secretary, confessed to the affair. Newsom, who was in the middle of a divorce with his first wife, Kimberly Guilfoyle, at the time, held a press conference in which he discussed the affair, telling reporters, \u201ceverything you\u2019ve heard and read is true . . . I\u2019ve hurt someone I care deeply about, Alex Tourk, and that is something I have to live with.\u201d Rippey, who was 33 at the time, wrote that she was too drunk to remember some of her encounters with Newsom, then 38, but that they were consensual and typically initiated by her. She said the Me Too movement co-opted her story and made her out to be a victim, but made her realize that although she was not coerced, there was a power dynamic at play: \u201cPower does not need to coerce,\u201d she wrote. \u201cIt only needs to exist. The responsibility to hold the line belongs to the one who holds it. That didn\u2019t happen.\u201d Newsom married his current wife, Jennifer Siebel, in 2008. Rippey is also remarried. <\/p>\n

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further reading<\/h2>\n

Aide Who Had Affair With Newsom 20 Years Ago Details Her Experience (New York Times)<\/p>\n

Former Newsom aide challenges his version of their affair(Politico)<\/p>\n

Kamala Harris Says She\u2019d \u2018Possibly\u2019 Run For President Again: \u2018I Am Not Done\u2019 (Forbes)<\/p>\n

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