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Xavier Becerra’s decades in public office are a blessing and a curse in his California governor bid
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Xavier Becerra’s decades in public office are a blessing and a curse in his California governor bid

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrat Xavier Becerra is counting on his decades-long public career to catapult him into the California governor’s office, but that lengthy political resume has also given his critics fodder to question his competence in the race’s closing weeks. Becerra spent more than 35 years in public office, including with a leadership role in the U.S. House, as California’s attorney general, and as former President Joe Biden’s health secretary. “The governor’s office is not a place with training wheels,” he’s said repeatedly. That message didn’t appear to resonate with voters during the first year of Becerra’s campaign. But with voting underway ahead of the June 2 primary, he appears to be benefiting from a dramatic shake-up after Democrat Eric Swalwell’s exit from the race. Becerra has since won endorsements from influential labor groups and Latino state leaders, and his once anemic fundraising has swelled.…

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