Biden’s Top Health Official Runs for California Governor

Xavier Becerra joins a growing field of candidates vying to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington on Nov. 8, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

President Joe Biden’s former health secretary, Xavier Becerra, wants to be California’s next governor, he announced on April 2.

“I watched my parents, a construction worker and a clerical worker, achieve the California dream,” Becerra said in a social media video on April 2. “Can we do that today with this affordability crisis? Very tough. But we’ve taken on these tough fights.