Sacramento (California, USA), Nov. 4 (LaPresse) – Democrat Xavier Becerra has won the California gubernatorial election, defeating Republican Steve Hilton. Becerra previously served as Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Joe Biden, as the state’s attorney general and as a member of Congress. He will be California’s first Latino governor since 1875, succeeding Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, whose term has come to an end. Hilton is a former Fox News host of British origin whose candidacy, initially considered unlikely in the progressive-leaning state, was endorsed by President Donald Trump.
USA, Democrat Xavier Becerra elected governor of California: first Latino since 1875
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Sacramento (California, USA), Nov. 4 (LaPresse) – Democrat Xavier Becerra has won the California gubernatorial election, defeating Republican Steve Hilton. Becerra previously served as Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Joe Biden, as the state’s attorney general and as a member of Congress. He will be California’s first Latino governor since 1875, succeeding Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, whose term has come to an end. Hilton is a former Fox News host of British origin whose candidacy, initially considered unlikely in the progressive-leaning state, was endorsed by President Donald Trump.
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