Hillary Clinton is coming to San Francisco to raise money for Gavin Newsom‘s number two, Eleni Kounalakis, in two weeks, per an invite I’ve seen. Kounalakis served as an ambassdor in Clinton’s State Department as the envoy to Hungary, and expect Clinton to thank her out here in the Bay. Tickets for the Nov. 21 event run from $1,000 to $16,00 a seat.
Theodore Schleifer
November 8, 2021
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