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Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson gets engaged - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee


Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson gets engaged - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News Sacramento Bee:

"Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson has gotten engaged to Washington, D.C., schools chancellor Michelle Rhee.

Johnson's office confirmed the engagement in an e-mailed statement this morning. Spokesman Joaquin McPeek declined to say when or where the engagement happened. He said no wedding date has been set and the couple is planning a long engagement."

"This is an exciting time in our lives, and I feel truly blessed," Johnson said in a statement. "Michelle is an amazing person, and I could not be happier."

The Washington Post's Reliable Source blog reported Rhee, 39, was seen at a Democrats for Education Reform/DC School Reform Event Now event in downtown Washington on Wednesday with a "pretty sparkly thing on her left hand."

Johnson and Rhee have been seen holding hands at several public events in recent months, but the mayor has refused to discuss their personal relationship.