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The California Democratic Party opted against endorsing either man at its February state convention, although Jones won a majority of the votes of delegates. “It opened doors for a kid who never had anyone in the family go to college.”ĭemocrat Dave Jones, currently the state insurance commissioner, is his top challenger in the race, and will appear on the June 5 primary ballot alongside two lesser-known Republicans.

“I see myself as doing what it takes to defend a state that has opened doors, which is for me the most important thing,” Becerra, 60, said in an interview. The president’s effort to limit immigration and take action against those in the country illegally has been a personal issue for Becerra, the son of immigrants. Rivals accuse Becerra of grandstanding for voters and dodging debates, but the Democrat says it was the timing of his appointment to the post that put him on a collision course with Trump. Brown, who served as attorney general from 2006 until 2010, had very few public events that were not put on by his campaign during the same period in his last year in the post. By comparison, Harris had only eight such appearances during the first three months of her last year in office. In the first three months of this year, Becerra had 26 news conferences and personal appearances. That’s afforded him an opportunity to get in front of Californians - and potential voters - on an array of issues including immigration, healthcare and the environment.īecerra has sued the Trump administration 31 times in a little more than a year and has jumped into the middle of other high-profile issues, including a fatal police shooting in Sacramento and the public’s focus on gun violence, keeping him in front of news cameras at a rate not seen by a California attorney general in decades. Jerry Brown, Becerra took office as attorney general four days after Trump’s inauguration.

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The aggressive effort may help boost the former Los Angeles congressman’s chances at winning a full term in office this fall, almost two years after he was appointed to replace Sen. Xavier Becerra has become adept not only at challenging President Trump but at using the bully pulpit of his office to raise his profile with voters. Less than two months from his first statewide election, California Atty.

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