Of the twelve San Franciscans running against unbeatable incumbent god-mayor Gavin Newsom in next month's election, two are formally listed as "blogger" in the San Francisco Examiner's rundown of the doomed dozen. One of the two has made the Guinness Book of World Records — for jail time.

The Examiner's full slate of candidates:

  • Harold Brown: San Francisco Bulldog blogger
  • George Davis: author of "Naked Yoga" / nudist activist
  • Lonnie Holmes: San Francisco Juvenile Probation manager
  • Harold Hoogasian: owner of Hoogasian Flowers
  • Alec "Grasshopper" Kaplan: homeless taxi driver
  • Quintin Mecke: director, Safety Network Program, a San Francisco nonprofit
  • Wilma Pang: ESL and music teacher at City College of San Francisco
  • Michael Powers: owner of Power Exchange sex club
  • Chicken John Rinaldi: showman
  • Ahimsa Porter Sumchai: physician
  • Billy Bob Whitmer: educator
  • Josh Wolf: CNET blogger, outreach coordinator, Peralta Community College
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Yes, that's the same Josh Wolf who holds the Guinness Book record for longest stretch in jail by a journalist for contempt of court. Wolf's a shoe-in for the local liberal blogger vote, and you know what that'll do to Newsom: Nothing. Despite publicized problems with booze and broads, Mayor McDreamy is unstoppable.


(Photo of Gavin Newsom by Noah Berger. Photo of Josh Wolf courtesy of the San Francisco Examiner.)