Reuters: Independent-Minded Politician Jerry Brown to Wed [View All]

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Independent-Minded Politician Jerry Brown to Wed


SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Former California governor and three-time presidential candidate Jerry Brown has long shunned convention, but the lifelong bachelor said on Monday that he would wed within the next month or two.

Now mayor of Oakland, Brown, 67, plans to tie the knot with long-time companion Anne Gust, 47, an executive vice president at clothing maker Gap Inc, although no date has been set.

"How do I put this? I am somewhat independent," Brown said in an interview. "My last institutional commitment is when I took vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in the Jesuit Seminary and that was a long time ago. ... I walked out the door in 1960."...

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"I've known this woman for 15 years; we've been living together for many years in Oakland, and I thought now was the right time, and so did she," he said....Sen. Dianne Feinstein is expected to officiate at their wedding.

Democrat Brown is also seeking a new job: he is running for attorney general of California next year but said he is likely to work from the San Francisco area if he wins that election.


http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=8016130