Becerra’s campaign is built on the argument that California’s best days are not behind it, but that restoring faith in that future will require both experience and action.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra testifies before the Senate Appropriations committee as lawmakers in the U.S. Congress struggle to reach a deal to head off a looming partial government shutdown less than two weeks away on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 8, 2023.
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