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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Politicians in California's capital are jostling to fill the shoes of its charismatic mayor, Kevin Johnson, after the former basketball star who revitalized his home town with a potent mix of boosterism and economic development said he would not seek a third term.
The announcement on Wednesday by Johnson, 49, set the highly political city abuzz, coming just a week after a decades-old allegation resurfaced that while a player for the Phoenix Suns he dated and fondled a teen-aged girl.