Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Republican former Major League star Steve Garvey finished in the top two vote-getters in California’s Super Tuesday Senate primary, advancing to the general election in November.
Both candidates face off against Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) in the Senate race to replace the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) I will do it.
“What you’re feeling tonight is what it feels like to hit a walk-off home run,” Garvey, a 75-year-old former Gold Glamor and political newcomer, told supporters Tuesday night.
“Remember, this is the first game of a doubleheader,” Garvey added, hinting at a head-to-head matchup with Schiff in November. “Then, please save the night of November 5th so we can celebrate again.”
Garvey, a 10-time MLB All-Star who played for the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers, credits his promotion to voters’ “shared belief with me that California is no longer the heart of America.” Stated.
Currently, Sen. LaFonza Butler in the battleground district has been appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and is not running for re-election.
Garvey now faces the difficult task of going head to head with Schiff in deep blue California.
“I’m going to Washington, D.C. to try to get a deal done,” the former first baseman said.
“I’m going to start by going to all 99 senators and reaching out to them and asking them to work together in the best interest of the American people,” he added, looking at the primary results. He pointed out that he felt that way. It was the day he was “called up by the Dodgers, went to the clubhouse, and put on a Dodgers uniform for the first time.”
Mr. Schiff, who was accused by House Republicans last year of “misleading the American people” about allegations of collusion between former President Donald Trump and Russia, has spent $21 million on his Senate campaign, plus $2,980 as of mid-February. We are collecting $1,000 in donations. According to , he hid it in his House account. ABC News.
“They say we’re going to strike out in the general election, and you know what that means,” Garvey said of the skeptics. “That’s because of the crowd believing in the status quo.”
