Xavier Becerra

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Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-06-1990	Democratic	AD-59	34650	Win
11-03-1992	Democratic	CD-30	48800	Win
11-08-1994	Democratic	CD-30	43943	Win
11-05-1996	Democratic	CD-30	58283	Win
11-03-1998	Democratic	CD-30	58230	Win
11-07-2000	Democratic	CD-30	83223	Win
11-05-2002	Democratic	CD-31	54569	Win
11-02-2004	Democratic	CD-31	89363	Win
11-07-2006	Democratic	CD-31	64952	Win
11-04-2008	Democratic	CD-31	110955	Win
11-02-2010	Democratic	CD-31	76363	Win
11-06-2012	Democratic	CD-34	120367	Win
11-04-2014	Democratic	CD-34	44697	Win
11-08-2016	Democratic	CD-34	122842	Win
01-24-2017	Democratic	Attorney General	0	Win
11-06-2018	Democratic	Attorney General	7790743	Win
11-03-2026	Democratic	Governor	0

Candidate Biography:

Born: January 26, 1958 in Sacramento, CA
Married: Dr. Carolina Reyes
Children: Clarisa, Olivia and Natalia

1980-1981: Senate Fellow, Senator Albert S. Rodda and Senate Finance Committee
1986: Staff, California State Senator Art Torres
1987-1990: Deputy Attorney General, State of California
2001: Candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles (Lost; 6.0%)
2008: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
2016: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
2017: Resigned from the United States House of Representatives on January 24.
2021: Resigned as Attorney General on March 18.
2021-2025: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services

• In 2019, Becerra was the target of an attempted recall led by Erin Cruz. The recall failed to qualify for the ballot. In 2020, Becerra was the target of an attempted recall led by Erin Cruz. The recall failed to qualify for the ballot.
• Longtime columnist Dan Walters predicted in June 2026 that "Becerra is a 180-degree departure from the verbose, ever-bragging Newsom. He’s soft-spoken, obviously proud of his background as the son of working-class immigrants in Sacramento, and a dedicated ally of labor unions... Given his background, it’s unlikely that as governor Becerra would try to make attention-getting splashes as Jerry Brown did in the 1970s and Newsom has done since 2019. He will have a very full plate of issues that remain unresolved, including crises in homelessness and housing, poverty and California’s loss of business and population to other states. Becerra’s governorship will probably resemble that of Brown’s second stint, dealing with real issues rather than grandstanding. That would be a fine model to emulate." [Source: Becerra will be workhorse governor, not a show horse]

Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/]