Matt Gonzalez: Meet the Candidate (5/14/2008)

Duration

1:04:25

Matt Gonzalez, President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors; Vice Presidential Candidate
In Conversation with John Geluardi, Political Reporter, SFWeekly

As San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors President, Matt Gonzalez helped to install rank choice voting and raise the San Francisco minimum wage. In 2003, he ran for San Francisco mayor in a controversial election. An unorthodox politician and local lawyer, Gonzalez plans to shake up the 2008 Presidential Race reframe the dialogue. In Join us for another "Get to Know the Candidate" program, featuring 2008 Independent vice presidential candidate Matt Gonzalez, Ralph Nader running mate, in a wide-ranging conversation about his political views, background and plans for the race in '08.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club on May 14, 2008.

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