Candidate · Governor
Xavier Becerra
What this job does: The state's chief executive. Runs most state departments and agencies, appoints judges, signs or vetoes bills, sends the Legislature a budget each year, and directs state help in emergencies. A term is four years.
- Occupation
- Voting Rights Attorney (ballot designation)
Background
- Earned a B.A. (1980) and a J.D. (1984) from Stanford University. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served as a California Deputy Attorney General, 1987-1990. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served in the California State Assembly, 1990-1992. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2017, representing Los Angeles-area districts. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served as California Attorney General, 2017-2021. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 2021-January 2025. source: ballotpedia.org
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