Multiple former Biden administration officials have publicly and anonymously questioned Xavier Becerra's executive competence at the Department of Health and Human Services as he leads California's crowded gubernatorial primary, according to NBC News. Said Xochitl Hinojosa, who led the Justice Department's public affairs office under Biden: "He was not effective in government, and I think that a lot of people in the Biden administration are talking about this because they realize that he was not an effective HHS secretary." Former Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, who has endorsed Becerra, countered that he "led with courage and expertise" on the pandemic and drug pricing.