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San Francisco's incoming mayor has never held public office. That's part of his appeal

San Francisco's new mayor, Daniel Lurie, has never held public office before. What does his win indicate about how voters are feeling about homelessness and other big issues the city is facing?

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Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast.