(Adnkronos) – Democrat Xavier Becerra will be the next governor of California, according to CNN projections, keeping the most populous US state under his party’s leadership. Becerra, a former congressman, state attorney general, and Secretary of Health in the Biden administration, will succeed Gavin Newsom and will be the first Latino elected governor of California. He defeated Republican Steve Hilton, a UK-born and naturalized US entrepreneur and media personality.
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