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Mayor Ed Lee held a commanding lead in the mayor's race against a diverse slate of 15 candidates, but because he didn't garner a majority in Tuesday's election the city's instant runoff system has kicked in. Lee, a former city administrator who replaced then-Mayor Gavin Newsom when he became lieutenant governor in January, was ahead with nearly 31 percent of the vote.

San Francisco welcomed its first Asian-American leader Tuesday, as City Administrator Edwin Lee was sworn in as interim mayor before a crowd of hundreds. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appoint Lee to fill the remainder of Mayor Gavin Newsom's term. Newsom was sworn in Monday as California's lieutenant governor.

There was only one official Democratic candidate for governor of California, and now, officially, there is none. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom — who announced last spring via Twitter that he would seek the state’s highest office in 2010 — announced Friday that he was withdrawing from the race.

The San Francisco mayor and gubernatorial hopeful gets sidetracked discussing hair gel with Ryan Seacrest, but rebounds with his stance on same-sex marriage: 'Separate is not equal.'

Gavin Newsom may be running for governor of California, but "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest had something else in mind during his Tuesday morning radio chat with the San Francisco mayor: "What is that product that you put in your slick, shiny hair?"