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‘Dark Horse’ Dem First to Advance in Scramble for Newsom’s Seat

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters One candidate for California governor has officially advanced to the general election in November: Democrat Xavier Becerra, the former secretary of health and human services in the Biden administration. Becerra, who was also California’s attorney general and a congressman, advanced after Tuesday’s jungle primary with 26.7 percent of the vote, the Associated Press reported . As of publication, 67 percent of ballots had been counted. “California has spoken loudly and proudly,” Becerra said in a video after the AP call. Read more at The Daily Beast.