Ex-congressman John Burton, influential California Democrat, dies at 92
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#6ZVYR)
Governor Gavin Newsom hails towering figure' who stood up for working class and nurtured many political careers
The former US congressman John Burton, a salty-tongued and unabashedly liberal San Francisco Democrat who stood up for the working class and nurtured countless political careers, including that of Nancy Pelosi, died Sunday. He was 92.
Burton died in San Francisco of natural causes, his family said in a statement.
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