{"id":319836,"date":"2026-05-17T08:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T08:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/319836\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T08:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T08:11:17","slug":"xavier-becerras-decades-in-public-office-are-a-blessing-and-a-curse-in-his-california-governor-bid-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/319836\/","title":{"rendered":"Xavier Becerra’s decades in public office are a blessing and a curse in his California governor bid | National"},"content":{"rendered":"

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) \u2014 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Becerra spent more than 35 years in state and federal office, including leadership roles in the U.S. House, as California’s attorney general<\/a>, and as former President Joe Biden’s health secretary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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