They met on a blind date arranged by friend Kathy Wilsey, as perSF Gate.

The date took place in October 2006 at the Artists Ball at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

“I actually think they were made for one another,” Gatti said about the couple.

Gavin and Jennifer Siebel Newsom smiling

“You know the kind of thing where people finish each other’s sentences?

Jennifer said they were both surprised by how well they got along.

“We had so much in common,” said Jennifer. "

Gavin and Jennifer Newsom and children

For a brief time, she dated actor George Clooney before meeting Gavin Newsom.

For Newsom, his marriage to Siebel was his second.

He was previouslymarried to Fox News commentator Kimberly Guilfoylefor four years, from 2001 to 2005.

Like Guilfoyle, Seibel was also a Republican when she met Newsom.

However, she has since become an independent.

Two years later in 2011, their firstborn son, Hunter, was born.

In 2013, another daughter, Brooklynn Stacia, was born.