Mexican American politician Xavier Becerra has not even officially begun his general-election campaign for California governor, but he has already chosen his first target, and it isn't fellow Democrat Tom Steyer or Republican Steve Hilton: It's Donald Trump.
Hours after CNN projected that Becerra would advance to November in California's race to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom, the former Biden administration cabinet secretary used one of his first major post-primary statements to defend the integrity of California's elections against claims of fraud made by the president.
