After serving two terms, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) will leave Sacramento in January 2027 to let Gov.-elect Xavier Becerra (D-CA) take his place.
Becerra’s election victory marks his official return to California politics. He served as the state’s attorney general from 2017 to 2021, overlapping with Newsom’s first two years in office, before resigning to lead the Department of Health and Human Services under the Biden administration. Becerra’s decadeslong political career also includes his time as a congressman representing three different districts in California between 1993 and 2017.
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