Newsom Will Not Run for Senate in California

California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said on Facebook that he will not seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Barbara Boxer, the Sacramento Bee reports.

Said Newsom: “It’s always better to be candid than coy. While I am humbled by the widespread encouragement of so many and hold in the highest esteem those who serve us in federal office, I know that my head and my heart, my young family’s future, and our unfinished work all remain firmly in the State of California – not Washington D.C. Therefore I will not seek election to the U.S. Senate in 2016.”