Xavier Becerra announces run for California governor: "The California Dream is slipping away"

Another prominent Democrat has thrown his name into the 2026 race to succeed Gavin Newsom as California's governor.

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced his candidacy on Wednesday.

"California is at a crossroads. From housing to healthcare, childcare to college, working families are facing an affordability crisis. The California Dream is slipping away," Becerra said in a statement.

The 67-year-old is a born and raised Sacramento native who has served as attorney general for California and, most recently, as the nation's top health official in the Biden administration.

Becerra becomes one of the more than a dozen candidates who have officially declared a run for California's governorship in 2026.

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