CA-GOV: Xavier Becerra jumps into crowded race for California governor

As Californians wait to find out whether one prominent veteran of the Biden administration is running for governor, another jumped into the crowded race on Wednesday.

Xavier Becerra, the former attorney general of California and longtime member of Congress who most recently served as secretary of health and human services under President Joe Biden, announced his campaign with a short video in which he promised to “rebuild the California Dream.”

“Can we do that today with this affordability crisis?” Becerra said, speaking directly to the camera. “Very tough. But we’ve taken on these tough fights.”

That experience forms the backbone of Becerra’s initial pitch to voters, which does not include any specific policy proposals.

In just over a minute, his announcement video runs through highlights from his more than three decades in politics: helping to pass the Affordable Care Act, negotiating with the pharmaceutical industry to lower prescription drug prices and, as attorney general, suing the first Trump administration more than 100 times, a nod to Democratic voters’ seething anger against the newly reinstalled president.




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