Gonzalez or Daly Will Likely Face Newsom in November

As my colleague Paul Hogarth noted last week, there are many convincing reasons why progressives should not expend resources trying to unseat Mayor Newsom in November. But there appear to be enough progressives who want a mayoral challenger that the June 2 convention is likely to represent the kickoff of the race.

Matt Gonzalez was the favored progressive in 2003, and he remains so today. While reports have stated Gonzalez has rejected running, nobody should believe that Matt would reveal his plans to the San Francisco Chronicle--- the publication whose one-sided pro-Newsom coverage helped decide the 2003 race.

Gonzalez has nothing to lose by running for Mayor. Many of his longtime backers want him to run, and if the convention has a large, enthusiastic “Run-Matt-Run” crowd, he will likely make the race.

If Gonzalez does not run, then Daly would almost certainly give the convention the opportunity to back him for the race.

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