Jumpshot: Kevin Johnson Runs For Mayor

In The News

March 6, 2008

Former Phoenix Suns standout Kevin Johnson officially announced yesterday that he is running for mayor of Sacramento, California, in what the experts are already calling a “knock-down, drag-out fight.”

Johnson, who founded and operates St. Hope Public Schools, an independent charter school district,  said Sacramento needs change. “Right now, people see our city as nonresponsive, tired, uninspired and bureaucratic,” Johnson told a crowd of more than 200 supporters yesterday.

Keep an eye on this one.