Xavier Becerra
Democratic · CA
Former California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. His campaign emphasizes affordable health care and housing.
Where Xavier Becerra stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (3 records), Environment and Public Health (1 record), Immigration (2 records),
Opposes
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (3 records)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 2 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 3 support
Promoted Medicare's first negotiated drug prices, saying the cuts would have saved Medicare $6 billion in 2023.
August 14, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: npr.org
Led 17 attorneys general in moving to defend the Affordable Care Act against a lawsuit by Texas and other states seeking to strike it down.
April 9, 2018Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: oag.ca.gov
Voted for the Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590), which passed the House 219-212.
March 21, 2010Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Declared the monkeypox outbreak a nationwide public health emergency as HHS Secretary.
August 4, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: aspr.gov
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 2 support
Sued the Trump administration to block a citizenship question on the 2020 census.
March 27, 2018Supports Immigration
Source: oag.ca.gov
Sued the Trump administration with three other states to stop the end of DACA, which shields immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
September 11, 2017Supports Immigration
Source: oag.ca.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 2 oppose
Voted against the Budget Control Act (S. 365), the debt-limit deal that capped federal spending; it passed 269-161.
August 1, 2011Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for the Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590), which passed the House 219-212.
March 21, 2010Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against the $700 billion bank rescue law (H.R. 1424); it passed 263-171.
October 3, 2008Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Voted for the USA PATRIOT Act (H.R. 3162), which expanded government surveillance powers after 9/11; it passed 357-66.
October 24, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: clerk.house.gov
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 3 oppose
His office told two UC Berkeley journalists that having a state list of convicted police officers was a crime and to destroy it.
March 4, 2019Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: cjr.org
Rejected a journalist's records request for misconduct files on his own agency's officers, citing court challenges to a new police transparency law.
February 7, 2019Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: kqed.org
Voted for the USA PATRIOT Act (H.R. 3162), which expanded government surveillance powers after 9/11; it passed 357-66.
October 24, 2001Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: clerk.house.gov
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 support
As HHS Secretary, told hospitals that federal emergency-care law requires abortion care in emergencies and overrides state abortion bans.
July 11, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: cms.gov
Filed 15 felony privacy charges against anti-abortion activist David Daleiden for secretly recording abortion providers.
March 28, 2017Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: oag.ca.gov
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 2 support
Publicly praised a new health-care nondiscrimination rule as HHS Secretary.
April 26, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: hhs.gov
Voted against the Defense of Marriage Act (H.R. 3396), which barred federal recognition of same-sex marriages; it passed 342-67.
July 12, 1996Supports Civil Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support
Voted for the final Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform bill (H.R. 4173); it passed 237-192.
June 30, 2010Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Track record — General
General · 14 records
Was endorsed for governor by the California Chamber of Commerce board.
June 11, 2026
Source: advocacy.calchamber.com
Was endorsed for governor by SEIU California, a union of 750,000 members.
June 9, 2026
Source: seiu521.org
Was endorsed for governor by the California Faculty Association, in a dual endorsement with Tony Thurmond.
February 19, 2026
Source: calfac.org
Violated the Hatch Act by endorsing Senator Alex Padilla during official remarks.
September 15, 2022
Source: osc.gov
Was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Secretary of Health and Human Services by a 50-49 vote.
March 18, 2021
Source: senate.gov
Led 16 states in suing to block President Trump's national emergency declaration that moved money to a border wall.
February 18, 2019
Source: oag.ca.gov
Agreed to leave Congress after Gov. Jerry Brown chose him to be California's attorney general.
December 1, 2016
Source: nbcnews.com
Voted for the bill that ended the 16-day government shutdown and raised the debt limit (H.R. 2775); it passed 285-144.
October 16, 2013
Source: clerk.house.gov
Was named by House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi to the 12-member congressional super committee on deficit reduction.
August 11, 2011
Source: publicintegrity.org
Voted against the final deficit-cutting plan of President Obama's Bowles-Simpson commission, where he was a member.
December 3, 2010
Source: publicintegrity.org
Sponsored a bill to create a commission to plan a national museum of the American Latino (H.R. 512); the House passed it.
February 6, 2007
Source: govinfo.gov
Voted against the law that created the Medicare prescription drug benefit (H.R. 1); it passed 220-215.
November 22, 2003
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against authorizing U.S. military force against Iraq (H.J.Res. 114); it passed 296-133.
October 10, 2002
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement law (H.R. 3450), which passed the House 234-200.
November 17, 1993
Source: clerk.house.gov
Past race Xavier Becerra ran in:
- Governor · November 3, 2026 · California