California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra faced backlash after asking a reporter if an interview would be a "gotcha piece" before it began.

A recent televised interview with former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra (D) about his campaign for California governor got off to a rocky start when the former state attorney general immediately questioned the intentions of the sit-down.

Candidate for California Governor Xavier Becerra held a campaign rally in San Francisco Wednesday night. Mail voting in the race is already underway, with Becerra competing against Democrats and Republicans in the June 2 primary.

A complaint submitted to the FPPC accuses Becerra of violating state law by paying his former adviser Dana Williamson, who was arrested by the FBI last fall.

Xavier Becerra has seen his poll numbers surge in the weeks since then-frontrunner Eric Swalwell abruptly ended his bid to become California’s next governor. The former California attorney general and former U.

Xavier Becerra is not governor material, according to former colleagues and Biden administration staffers who worked with the one-time Health and Human Services secretary. In a scathing set of anonymous interviews with Politico,

Xavier Becerra is under attack in California's governor's race after his trusted advisor Sean McCluskie pleaded guilty in December to stealing from Becerra's campaign account.