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Former lawmaker likely running to succeed Sacramento's basketball star mayor

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California Senate president pro tempore Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) argues in favor of his bill …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California's former top Democrat legislator hinted broadly on Tuesday that he will run for mayor of Sacramento, bringing political heft to a race to succeed Kevin Johnson, the former basketball star whose boosterism helped revitalize his home town

Darrell Steinberg, a former president pro tem of the state senate and a onetime Sacramento City Council member, said in an email to supporters that he planned to make an "important announcement" at the site of a new residential development project on Wednesday morning.