Xavier Becerra’s surprising rise in California’s 2026 governor’s race, fueled by a broad working-class coalition and a late collapse by rival Eric Swalwell, has positioned the former attorney general to potentially advance to the November runoff as millions of ballots remain uncounted.
At his victory celebration in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, Becerra, the son of working-class parents from Mexico, reveled in his underdog story, which he called worthy of a Hollywood movie.
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