A massive field, no clear frontrunners and one big scandal have turned the high-stakes battle into a head-scratcher

Xavier Becerra arrived at Dulan’s on Crenshaw grinning like a man who couldn’t believe his luck. Joining him at the south Los Angeles soul food restaurant on a Tuesday morning in the final stretch of California’s volatile race for governor was Jasmine Crockett, the firebrand Texas Democrat, who had flown in to endorse his campaign.

“We had to go search for one of the best fighters in the world,” Becerra said of Crockett, as he addressed a crowd of Black community leaders and union workers gathered for a buffet breakfast, “and make sure she could come in and inspire us.”

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