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Becerra quickly consolidated support from elected officials including Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and influential groups like Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California and the California Medical Assn.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

If elected, he would be California's first Latino governor since 1875, in a state where Latinos make up about 41% of the population.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Also under scrutiny is the alleged proximity between Diez and Mercedes Gonzalez, a former Socialist activist and elected official who was appointed director general of the Civil Guard in 2024 at the government's proposal.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

By the end of the night, Duncan had been elected its president.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Indeed, if Barack Obama had been elected president back then, I would have argued that his election marked the nation’s triumph over racial caste—the final nail in the coffin of Jim Crow.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander