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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. Johnson's political adviser, Democratic consultant Steve Maviglio, said the allegation, in a video posted online, was not a factor in the mayor's decision not to seek a third term in a city where no mayor has ever served three times.
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