As primary election nears, top candidates for California governor debate tonight Seema Mehta, Nicole Nixon Wed, April 22, 2026 at 11:39 p.m. UTC 2 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Xavier Becerra, former Health... See more
XAVIER BECERRA was mired in the single digits in polling until recently. (YALONDA M. JAMES San Francisco Chronicle) Xavier Becerra, a former Cabinet secretary in President Biden's administration, appears to be surging in the curiously unsettled California... See more
USC cancels gubernatorial debate amid uproar over candidates of color being excluded USC canceled its planned Tuesday gubernatorial debate, a stunning about-face that came after days of fiery criticism about excluding every prominent candidate of color fr... See more
Despite a long, entrenched Democratic reign over California politics, a new poll shows two Republicans leading by slim margins in the state’s 2026 race for governor as the June primary election fast approaches. The confounding results appear to be mostly ... See more
MYUNG J. CHUN Los Angeles Times XAVIER BECERRA, former secretary of Health and Human Services, criticized hosts USC and ABC7. Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, one of the top Democrats running for California governor, on Frid... See more
