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Xavier Becerra led President Joe Biden\u2019s health agency during the pandemic but kept a low profile. He has risen to lead in polls ahead of California\u2019s gubernatorial primary.<\/strong><\/p>

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Xavier Becerra, left, a Democratic candidate for California governor, campaigns in West Hollywood last week. (David Swanson\/Reuters)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Xavier Becerra was a surprise pick to be Joe Biden\u2019s health secretary \u2014 cinching the job in December 2020 as other candidates dropped out.<\/p>\n

The California Democrat was so unfamiliar to the incoming president that Biden badly mispronounced his name at an introductory news conference.<\/p>\n

Now, Becerra is nearing another unlikely achievement: becoming the leader of the nation\u2019s most populous state. <\/b>Polls show him as the leading candidate<\/a> ahead of Tuesday\u2019s crowded California gubernatorial primary, following the decline and withdrawal of better-known opponents. The top two vote-getters from either party will advance to the general election.<\/p>\n

About two months ago, he was polling at 5 percent, behind five other candidates, according to a survey<\/a> by the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn first blush, people probably were looking elsewhere,\u201d Becerra said in an interview Saturday, acknowledging the parallels with his rise in the Biden administration.<\/p>\n

The former California attorney general and congressman has campaigned in part on his time in Biden\u2019s Cabinet, saying it distinguishes him from the field and prepared him to lead. He has touted efforts to lower drug prices, improve mental health services and expand maternal health care as examples of what he would do if elected governor.<\/p>\n

The message didn\u2019t break through \u2014 until his rivals suddenly faded. Former congressman Eric Swalwell (D-California) led the race before his political career imploded in April amid allegations of sexual misconduct<\/a>, which he denies, and prompted his exit from the race and Congress. Former congresswoman Katie Porter (D-California), who led some polls in 2025, has been dogged by viral videos<\/a> that raised questions about her management and temperament. Another rival Democrat, billionaire Tom Steyer, has performed well in polls but has been unable to harness a consistent lead, despite heavy spending.<\/p>\n

If Becerra finishes among the top-two vote-getters with Republican favorite Steve Hilton, he is likely to be the favorite in the general election, given the state\u2019s heavy Democratic tilt.<\/p>\n

Becerra has not been accused of bad behavior. His allies brag about him being boring, arguing that it has made him a safe choice for voters seeking stability.<\/p>\n

But his swift ascent in the governor\u2019s race has triggered rebukes from fellow former Biden officials \u2014 many of whom have not been named in news reports \u2014 who say Becerra was a mediocre member of the president\u2019s Cabinet. Some have pointed to his relatively low profile as the nation wrestled with the coronavirus pandemic, noting that White House officials grew frustrated with him<\/a>. Others highlighted the Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 role in caring for unaccompanied migrant children, blaming Becerra for not doing more to ensure suitable facilities and services.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people in the Biden administration are talking about this because they realized that he was not an effective HHS secretary,\u201d Xochitl Hinojosa, who served as a Justice Department official under Biden, said earlier this month on CNN.<\/p>\n

Becerra\u2019s rivals amplified the critiques. Steyer unleashed ads<\/a> quoting Hinojosa, who did not respond to questions from The Washington Post. Others have used the criticism to bolster their own attacks.<\/p>\n

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Billionaire Tom Steyer, a Democratic candidate for California governor, speaks to the press after casting his ballot last week in San Francisco. (Manuel Orbegozo\/Reuters)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

\u201cThere is a direct line between his failed leadership and Donald Trump being in the White House\u201a\u201d San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan \u2014 who has been polling around 4 percent in the race, according to a poll released Friday<\/a> by UC Berkeley\u2019s Institute of Governmental Studies \u2014 said in a debate earlier this month, criticizing Becerra\u2019s work on immigration.<\/p>\n

Becerra wasn\u2019t surprised to face critiques from past colleagues, given the magnitude of the decisions, he said Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes we called it right, sometimes we called it not quite as right,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re always going to be subject to some criticism on major challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several top Biden officials \u2014 including the president\u2019s former chief of staff \u2014 have praised Becerra, saying he is being wrongly blamed for decisions out of his control.<\/p>\n

Neera Tanden, Biden\u2019s domestic policy adviser, said Becerra inherited immigration policies that were hammered out before he joined the administration. She pointed to his work to protect access to health coverage, respond to natural disasters and other high-priority issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe got some very hard things done,\u201d Tanden said. \u201cNot every leader did that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ashish Jha, who served as Biden\u2019s White House coronavirus coordinator, said it was unfair to criticize Becerra for playing a more limited role during the pandemic. Biden decided in 2020 to have the White House effectively lead the coronavirus response, not HHS, given the extreme importance of the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s this whole story of \u2018Becerra wasn\u2019t very good, and that\u2019s why the coronavirus response was run out of the White House\u2019 \u2014 I don\u2019t think that was true,\u201d said Jha. \u201cGiven the cards he was dealt, he did a pretty good job of balancing the complexities.\u201d<\/p>

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Becerra\u2019s allies say his public profile suffered because he ceded the spotlight to deputies, such as immunologist and government scientist Anthony S. Fauci, while working on important, somewhat less visible issues, like negotiating with drug companies to lower the price of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n

Karen Skelton, a fellow Biden official who has known Becerra since they attended high school together, characterized him as practical and achievement-oriented.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not a big spender, and he\u2019s not a big pretender, he\u2019s just who he is, and he\u2019s always been the same,\u201d Skelton said, contrasting Becerra with President Donald Trump and other flamboyant politicians. \u201cI\u2019ll take that right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Health Secretary Xavier Becerra, second from left, attends a meeting at the White House in 2023. With him, from left, are Shalanda Young, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, first lady Jill Biden and President Joe Biden. (Demetrius Freeman\/The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Some of Becerra\u2019s most high-profile colleagues, including Biden, former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and current California Gov. Gavin Newsom, have declined to endorse Becerra or anyone else in the race.<\/p>\n

Becerra, a 68-year-old Stanford University-educated lawyer, rose through California politics in the 1990s, serving briefly in the state legislature before winning election to the House to represent part of Los Angeles. He soon became chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and later joined House leadership. He turned down<\/a> a post as U.S. trade representative in the Obama administration, eyeing a potential path to becoming House speaker.<\/p>\n

But with Pelosi <\/b>showing little sign of relinquishing control, Becerra left Congress in 2017 and was appointed California attorney general, serving as Kamala Harris\u2019s replacement as she began her time in the Senate. <\/b>The role made Becerra a national player during Trump\u2019s first term, as he led lawsuits against the president\u2019s policies. <\/b>Some allies championed him to be U.S. attorney general under Biden, and Becerra told the transition team that he would have accepted, he said Saturday.<\/p>\n

Biden instead offered him the Department of Health and Human Services, a sweeping agency that oversees drug approvals, hospital care, food safety and a plethora of other issues. Becerra had no previous health administration experience and conceded Saturday that he considered the post \u201clower on the totem poll\u201d than attorney general.<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s transition team had initially considered governors such as Rhode Island\u2019s Gina Raimondo, as well as Vivek H. Murthy, a Biden adviser and former surgeon general \u2014 but the search grew complicated as candidates rebuffed the Biden team or were deemed poor fits.<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s team also heard from advocates who wanted to see more<\/a> Latinos in the Cabinet, helping secure Becerra\u2019s selection.<\/p>\n

Ron Klain, Biden\u2019s first chief of staff, praised Becerra and dismissed suggestions that he was a fallback.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was the only person President Biden offered the position of HHS secretary to,\u201d Klain said in an interview. \u201cSo he was the first choice \u2014 he was the only choice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Becerra faced an extended confirmation battle<\/a> in early 2021, with Republicans attacking his views on abortion and other health issues, before he was narrowly confirmed. He was sworn in March 19 \u2014 two months after other key members of Biden\u2019s team had started work.<\/p>\n

He stepped into a mess at the health agency, which was struggling to manage thousands of unaccompanied migrant children. A Washington Post story<\/a> published March 20, 2021, detailed how Biden\u2019s advisers had rolled back some of Trump\u2019s harsh immigration policies, helping fuel a surge of migrants at the border and straining HHS\u2019s capacity to manage and monitor the children who were remanded to the agency\u2019s care.<\/p>\n

Becerra initially did not have a thorough handle on the issues, said two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations, frustrating White House officials such as Susan Rice, who was then Biden\u2019s top domestic policy adviser and had helped shape the new administration\u2019s immigration agenda.<\/p>\n

The New York Times would later detail HHS\u2019s failure to track thousands of migrant children in stories<\/a> that have been resurrected by Becerra\u2019s opponents in the governor\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

Rice \u2014 who amplified some social media posts earlier this month mocking Becerra but has since appeared to remove them \u2014 did not respond to a request for comment. Becerra said Saturday that the two have not been in touch.<\/p>\n

Some colleagues said that Becerra sometimes wrangled with colleagues when he felt passionate about an issue, such as ensuring that uninsured Americans would have access to coronavirus vaccines and supplies. David Kessler, who helped lead the Biden administration\u2019s vaccine work, called him \u201cprincipled,\u201d \u201cgrounded\u201d and \u201cunflappable.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a Post interview<\/a> in January 2025, as he prepared to leave office, Becerra acknowledged his agency\u2019s challenges managing migrant children \u2014 saying that it had been a \u201cfront-page issue\u201d \u2014 and that he had faced criticism<\/a> from fellow Biden officials. But he said the issue receded from the news because HHS got it under control.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs they say, talk is cheap. You can say what you want, it\u2019s what you do,\u201d Becerra said. \u201cAnd we did.\u201d<\/p>

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