Gavin Newsom
Democrat · Governor of California
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What changed
The introductory sentence was reworded: the newer version adds ordinal numbers for each role (40th governor, 49th lieutenant governor, 42nd mayor of San Francisco) and restructures the phrasing to place "since 2019" and the role titles in a different order. No sections were added or removed, and no other factual claims, dates, or names were changed. The edits are concentrated entirely in the opening biographical sentence.
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The main change is the removal of a space before the `<ref>` tag following the sentence "Newsom is a potential 2028 presidential candidate" — the newer version has no space between the sentence and the reference tag, while the older version had a space there. Additionally, the infobox template changed `url` to `URL` (capitalization) for the campaign website field. These changes are spread across two sections (the infobox and the introductory paragraph) but are minor formatting adjustments rather than substantive content changes.
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The introductory section gained one sentence stating that Newsom is a potential 2028 presidential candidate, along with a supporting citation to an NBC News article dated May 27, 2026. The overall article shrank by approximately 7,210 characters across 10 edits, though the diff shown does not detail which other sections or passages were removed to account for that size reduction.
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In the introductory summary, the phrase "infrastructure and housing" was changed to "infrastructure , housing" (adding a comma and space). In the image caption for the COVID-19 section, a trailing space was removed after "March 2020 ." to read "March 2020". These are minor punctuation and spacing changes spread across two sections, with no factual content added or removed.
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What changed
The infobox was updated with a new photo (2025 instead of 2019), a revised residence field (now listing Kentfield, California alongside Fair Oaks, California), and the "father" field was replaced with a "parents" field that adds Tessa Menzies. Several internal wikilinks were removed from the infobox (Jerry Brown, Eleni Kounalakis), while a link was added to San Francisco in the birthplace field. The "Use mdy dates" template date was updated from October 2021 to June 2025, and the website field was removed from the infobox.
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What changed
The infobox was updated to combine separate "father" and "mother" fields into a single "parents" field listing William Newsom and Tessa Menzies, and the short description changed from "40th governor of California" to "Governor of California since 2019." Several infobox fields were reformatted with added wikilinks (e.g., Jerry Brown, Eleni Kounalakis, San Francisco) and the Governor website label changed from "Governor website" to "Government website." A string of nonsensical text ("lolkhvv Hhhhhhh") appears to have been inserted into the article body, and a large net addition of over 70,000 characters suggests substantial content was added elsewhere in the article beyond what is visible in this diff snippet.
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What changed
The infobox was updated in several ways: the "residence" field was removed, "relatives" was split into separate "father" and "mother" fields (adding Tessa Menzies Thomas as mother), the spouse formatting changed from using `<br>` to an unbulleted list template, and the image filename lost its "File:" prefix. The article body gained the text "lolkhvv Hhhhhhh" inserted into the introductory section, and the link to Jerry Brown in office1 lost its wiki-link brackets. Minor formatting changes were made to `<br>` tags in office3 and to the capitalization of "Birth date and age" and "40th governor of California."
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What changed
The infobox was updated in several ways: the photo was changed from "Gavin Newsom official photo.jpg" to "Gavin Newsom by Gage Skidmore.jpg"; the successor for Lieutenant Governor was changed from a linked "Eleni Kounalakis" to an unlinked version; the successor for Mayor was changed from a linked "Ed Lee (politician)|Ed Lee" to "Ed Lee"; and the district description in office3 was simplified. A "parents" field listing "William Newsom (father, deceased) and Tessa Thomas Menzies (mother, deceased)" was replaced with a "relatives" field listing only "William Newsom (father)," and a "residence" field was removed. Minor formatting differences appear throughout, such as changes to marriage template parameters and birth place linking style.
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What changed
The infobox was updated to reflect Newsom's status changing from "Governor-elect" to "40th Governor of California," with related fields like "succeeding" changed to "predecessor" and lieutenant governor's "(elect)" designation removed. Several infobox fields were corrected or expanded, including term end dates for the Lieutenant Governor office, the successor for that office, parent information (adding mother's name and noting both parents as deceased), and residence fields (adding both public and private addresses). The description of Newsom in the opening text was changed from "Governor-elect" to sitting governor, and minor formatting changes were made throughout the infobox, such as standardizing template capitalization and link formatting.
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What changed
The infobox was substantially updated: Newsom's role changed from "49th Lieutenant Governor of California" to "Governor-elect of California," his term start date changed from January 10, 2011 to January 7, 2019, and his predecessor field changed from Abel Maldonado to Jerry Brown. Several infobox fields were added or modified, including the addition of a "father" field listing William Newsom, the marriage end year for Kimberly Guilfoyle changed from 2005 to 2006, the children count changed from named individuals (Montana Tessa, Hunter Siebel, Brooklynn) to simply "4," and his photo changed from "Gavin Newsom Lieutenant Gov.jpg" to "Gavin Newsom official photo.jpg." The introductory text was also updated to describe Newsom as "Governor-elect of California" rather than Lieutenant Governor, with the addition of a sentence stating he will be sworn in as the 40th Governor on January 7, 2019.
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What changed
The infobox was substantially reformatted: the newer version adds Newsom's role as 49th Lieutenant Governor of California (with term start January 10, 2011 and predecessor Abel Maldonado), updates his mayoral term end date to January 10, 2011, changes his successor as mayor to Ed Lee, and adds children (Montana Tessa, Hunter Siebel, Brooklynn). The older version lists his marriage to Kimberly Guilfoyle as ending in 2006, while the newer version gives 2005 as the end date. A "biggest fan" field with the value "andydam" was added to the newer infobox.
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What changed
The infobox was restructured: the image filename changed from "Gavin Newsom.JPG" to "Newsom.png," the office title formatting changed, Newsom's party label changed from "Democratic" to "Democrat," his spouse field was updated to add "Jennifer Siebel (2008-)" alongside the Kimberly Guilfoyle entry, and an alma mater field (Santa Clara University, B.A.) and a signature field were added while a "biggest fan" field was removed. Two footnote citations for his Roman Catholic religion were removed from the infobox. In the opening paragraph, a sentence about Newsom's educational background at Santa Clara University and the founding of PlumpJack Wine Shop was added.
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The infobox was updated to change the predecessor field from "Willie Lewis Brown, Jr." to "Willie Brown (politician)|Willie Brown" and to add a religion field specifying "Roman Catholic" with two citation references. The image filename changed from "Gavin Newsom.JPG" to "Gavin-newsom.jpg" and the term_start date formatting changed from linked brackets around the date components to a plain unlinked format. The introductory paragraph was expanded to include additional biographical background about Newsom's education at Santa Clara University, his PlumpJack Wine Shop business, his appointments to the Parking and Traffic Commission and Board of Supervisors, his Care Not Cash program, and his 2003 mayoral race against Matt Gonzales.
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What changed
The Biography section was substantially expanded in the newer version to include details about Newsom's ancestry (fourth-generation San Franciscan with Irish and Scottish heritage), his parents (Judge William Newsom and Tessa Menzies Newsom), their 1972 divorce, his attendance at Redwood High School, and his founding of PlumpJack Wine Shop with Gordon Getty's financial help. The older version described Newsom as a "fifth-generation San Franciscan" raised "primarily in Marin County," while the newer version specifies he moved to Marin County at age ten after his parents' divorce. The introductory paragraph was also changed: the older version called him "very narrowly elected" and omitted mention of 2007 re-election plans, while the newer version removed "very narrowly" and added that he "plans to run for re-election in 2007."
What changed
The article gained a sentence discussing Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom's career and move to New York City after Gavin Newsom was sworn into office. The article lost a sentence and phrase about Mrs. Newsom's controversial remarks at a gay rights dinner, including her comments about her husband's endowment and sexual skills. The changes are concentrated in the middle of the article, in the section about Gavin Newsom's personal life and marriage.