He left the House of Representatives while struggling with a crack addiction, his political career seemingly over. Actually, it had just begun. By Alex Traub John Burton, one of the most influential ...

John Burton, the proudly liberal powerhouse who shaped California Democratic politics for six decades, has died at 92. Burton mentored Nancy Pelosi and helped build the Democratic machine that ...

SACRAMENTO - Former congressman and past state Senate president John Burton, a fierce and often foul-mouthed San Francisco politician who championed the poor and forgotten, died Sunday at age 92. The ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Former U.S. Rep. John Burton, a salty-tongued and unabashedly liberal San Francisco Democrat who stood up for the working class and nurtured countless political careers, ...

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