Former Health and Human Services chief Xavier Becerra may be surging in the competition for California governor, but his ties to an alleged fraud case are still dogging him. A longtime aide for Becerra, who’s considered a Democratic frontrunner, pled guilty to charges that he helped illegally funnel campaign cash towards a no-show job for his wife — and the governor hopeful is now facing uncomfortable questions about the bombshell corruption scandal. According to the feds , Gov. Gavin Newsom’s