The Steady Drip: Democrat Xavier Becerra Advances in Calif. Gov Race (Connecting the Dots: Xavier Becerra, Gavin Newsom, Richard J. Durbin, Charles E. Schumer, The Smithsonian Institution, The $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill, Nancy Pelosi & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

Democrat Xavier Becerra Advances in Calif. Gov Race (Connecting the Dots: Xavier Becerra, Gavin Newsom, Richard J. Durbin, Charles E. Schumer, The Smithsonian Institution, The $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill, Nancy Pelosi & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

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Saturday, 06 June 2026 10:28 AM EDT

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/california-governor-election-2026/2026/06/06/id/1258764/

Democrat Xavier Becerra advanced to the general election for California governor Friday after pitching himself as an experienced choice to lead the nation’s most populous state and succeed Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Becerra leaned on his more than 35 years in public office, including as state attorney general and U.S. health secretary, to argue that he was the most qualified candidate in a crowded field.

"The people of the great state of California, in the greatest nation on earth, have spoken — loudly and proudly," Becerra said in a statement.

"We are never backing down. November, here we come," he wrote.

It was not yet clear who Becerra would face in the general election.

His top rivals came down to Republican Steve Hilton, a former Fox News commentator backed by President Donald Trump, and Democrat Tom Steyer, a billionaire climate activist who poured $215 million of his own money into his campaign.

Born and raised in Sacramento by Mexican immigrant parents, Becerra has a wife and three daughters.

He has said his family’s immigrant background mirrored his "underdog" gubernatorial campaign, in which he initially failed to garner substantial support before surging in the final months.

After one of the top Democratic contenders, Rep. Eric Swalwell, was accused of sexual assault and dropped out of the race, Becerra benefited from an opening to coalesce Democratic support.

He quickly racked up key endorsements from labor groups and Latino legislative leaders.

Becerra has vowed to maintain the state’s mantle as a chief antagonist to President Donald Trump.

As attorney general, he filed more than 120 legal actions against the first Trump administration on everything from immigration to climate policy.

The president has also been in a spat with the state over its drawn-out vote count.

Trump made baseless claims about mass fraud Thursday, and on Friday, federal prosecutors said they opened investigations into allegations of election fraud.

Hilton called for California to limit mail-in ballots to those who request them, rather than sending them to all registered voters.

During the campaign, Becerra’s rivals scrutinized his leadership as health secretary during the COVID-19 pandemic and the unaccompanied migrant children crisis in 2021, when Becerra’s Department of Health and Human Services was responsible for shelters where they were housed.

Some of them were criticized as having inadequate living conditions, and there were also concerns about authorities failing to thoroughly vet sponsors with whom some children were placed.

If elected, Becerra said, he would declare states of emergency to address high energy costs and housing shortages and to freeze home insurance rates.

Though California is one of the nation’s most diverse states, Becerra would be the first Latino to hold the office since the late 1800s.

Newsom was barred by term limits from seeking a third term in office.

Connecting the Dots:

Xavier Becerra is a regent for the Smithsonian Institution, a member of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and was the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary for the Joe Biden administration.

Mike Pence is a regent for the Smithsonian Institution and was the vice president for the Donald Trump administration.

Joseph R. Biden Jr. is a regent at the Smithsonian Institution, was the president of the Joe Biden administration and the spent Thanksgiving with David Rubenstein.

David M. Rubenstein spent Thanksgiving with Joe Biden, a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, is the president of the Economic Club of Washington, the co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a regent at the Smithsonian Institution.

Jane Sullivan Roberts was a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and is married to John G. Roberts Jr.

John G. Roberts Jr. is married to Jane Sullivan Roberts, the chief justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, the chancellor for the Smithsonian Institution and an honorary member of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA).

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is the president emeritus for the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA), an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and was the president of the Economic Club of Washington.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Smithsonian Institution and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Ted Lieu was honored with the Carnegie Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award, has represented California's 36th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Smithsonian Institution and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society Gavin Newsom attended his 2013 wedding reception and is Jonathan Soros father.

Jonathan Soros is George Soros’s son and a board of director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.

George Wallerstein is a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and an advisory board member for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.

Gavin Newsom is a director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, the California state government governor and was invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception.

Ira Lechner is a director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (think tank) and was a director at the Truman Center for National Policy.

R. Hunter Biden is a director at the Truman Center for National Policy and Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son.

Kamala D. Harris is an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy and was elected attorney general of California in 2010 and was the vice president of the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration.

Madeleine K. Albright was the president of the Truman Center for National Policy and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

the Brookings Institution (think tank)

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Smithsonian Institution and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

David M. Rubenstein was a benefactor at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is the co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the president of the Economic Club of Washington, a board member for the National Museum of American History, a board member for the National Museum of Natural History and a regent at the Smithsonian Institution.

The $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill Congress Just Passed Includes $470 Million for America’s Arts and Culture Sector

The relief package also includes $1,400 checks for most Americans.

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Sarah Cascone March 10, 2021

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., celebrate signing the American Rescue Plan Act at a bill enrollment ceremony on the West Front of the Capitol after the House passed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Photo by Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world-archives/stimulus-package-includes-big-bucks-nea-1950807

December’s aid package also had $15 billion in funding for live music venues, independent movie theaters, and cultural institutions; and provided authorization for the Women’s History Museum and the National Museum of the American Latino, two new Smithsonian museums to be built on or near the National Mall in Washington, DC.

Nancy Pelosi signed the $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill, was the minority leader for the U.S. House of Representatives, and invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception.

Charles E. Schumer signed the $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill, was the Senate Minority leader and is Richard J. Durbin’s Washington Housemate.

Richard J. Durbin is Charles E. Schumer’s Washington housemate, a U.S. Senate senator and a member of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform is a paid for staff by the Economic Policy Institute.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Economic Policy Institute.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Economic Policy Institute.

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform is a paid for staff by the Economic Policy Institute.

Xavier Becerra is a member of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, a regent for the Smithsonian Institution and was the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary for the Joe Biden administration.

Mike Pence is a regent for the Smithsonian Institution and was the vice president for the Donald Trump administration.

Joseph R. Biden Jr. is a regent at the Smithsonian Institution, was the president of the Joe Biden administration and the spent Thanksgiving with David Rubenstein.

Jane Sullivan Roberts was a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and is married to John G. Roberts Jr.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Smithsonian Institution and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Smithsonian Institution and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society Gavin Newsom attended his 2013 wedding reception and is Jonathan Soros father.

Jonathan Soros is George Soros’s son and a board of director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.

George Wallerstein is a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and an advisory board member for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.

Gavin Newsom is a director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, the California state government governor and was invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception.

Ira Lechner is a director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (think tank) and was a director at the Truman Center for National Policy.

R. Hunter Biden is a director at the Truman Center for National Policy and Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son.

Madeleine K. Albright was the president of the Truman Center for National Policy and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and the Brookings Institution (think tank)

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank),

the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Smithsonian Institution and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Resources: Past Research

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Sunday, February 23, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/02/cpac-poll-schiff-newsom-biggest-threats.html

Common Cause (Connecting the Dots: Common Cause, Gerrymandering, Gavin Newsom, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, U.S. Supreme Court, Smartmatic (electronic voting system used in the United States) & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Gavin Newsom & the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation)

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https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/11/common-cause-connecting-dots-common.html

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Thursday, June 4, 2026

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/06/hilton-becerra-lead-in-california.html

Rep. Jordan to Letitia James: Comply or Face Subpoena (Connecting the Dots: Judge Juan Merchan, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg, Matthew Colangelo’s Wife Anne Kimberly Small, Jonathan Soros, Lisa Gilford, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Laurence Fink, Jerome Powell & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund)

Sunday, June 22, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/06/rep-jordan-to-letitia-james-comply-or.html

Madeleine Albright, 1st Female US Secretary of State, Dies at 84 (Connecting Her Dots In The Soros Network) (Past Research on Madeleine Albright, Kamala Harris & Hunter Biden)

Thursday, March 24, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/03/madeleine-albright-1st-female-us.html

Pelosi suffers brain freeze while defending NFL kneelers: ‘Kaep– Kaep– Kaepernick’ (Past Research on Nancy Pelosi)

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/09/pelosi-suffers-brain-freeze-while.html

Schumer Demands Trump Fire 'Stubborn,' 'Pigheaded' RFK Jr. (Connecting the Dots: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Richard Durbin, Josh Isay, Michael Bloomberg, Al Sharpton, The CDC & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Chuck Schumer & Richard Durbin)

Saturday, August 30, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/search?q=Chuck+Schumer