Will Becerra Surge Save or Sink California Democrats?

Like nature itself, politics abhors a vacuum. So the hole in the California Democratic gubernatorial field caused by front-runner Eric Swalwell’s sudden, scandal-driven withdrawal from the race (and resignation from Congress) created a whole new dynamic. And now, there’s growing evidence that Xavier Becerra, the former Health and Human Services secretary and California attorney general, is exploiting this situation to leap into contention in the state’s nonpartisan top-two primary.