Adam Schiff wins the California Senate primary with Republican Steve Garvey heading into the runoff

Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California won his state's jungle primary on Super Tuesday for the 2024 Senate election, while Republican candidate and former Major League Baseball player Steve Garvey won a spot in the second lap after finishing second, according to various reports.

Schiff, who has served in the House of Representatives since 2001, gained widespread attention in 2019 for his presiding of the House Intelligence Committee and leadership of the first impeachment proceedings against then-President Donald Trump, which tagged him “pencil neck” and “Shifty Schiff” among other invectives. Schiff, the favorite in the race for the Senate seat unoccupied of the late Dianne Feinstein, won the primaries with about 38 percent of the vote Tuesday night, while Garvey beat Democratic Rep. Katie Porter of California by comes in second — establish a general election contest between the two men.

“My opponent @SteveyGarvey6 went from playing first base to playing politics on the far right,” Schiff wrote before Election Day. “Californians deserve a senator who will fight for them, not just parrot talking points MAGIC”.

In California, all non-presidential election candidates appear aa single primary voteregardless of party, with the top two candidates advancing to the general election, known as the “primary forest“system. That means only Schiff and Garvey will appear on the November general election ballot, with Schiff heavily favored to win the seat because of California's strong Democratic leaning, with a polling index score of of Cook Partisan of D+13.

send what Removed of the House Intelligence Committee on January 25, 2023 i censored by the Republican-led House on June 21, 2023, for his participation in the impeachment inquiry. The Republican attacks in the middle of his candidacy in California were described as a “gift” to his campaign.

Garvey's second-place finish in the general election is an upset for Porter, who led him. most surveys until recently and for a long time he was considered Schiff's main opponent. A third Democratic candidate, Rep. Barbara Lee, finished fourth in the race.

Garvey, 75, played for the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers in Major League Baseball from 1969 to 1987, winning the World Series in 1981 and being awarded the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1974. campaign platform focuses on homelessness, crime and border security.

“As members of Congress, my opponents can introduce legislation at any time. They have failed to solve our immigration crisis and it has only gotten worse under their watch,” Garvey. he wrote on Twitter on February 29. “The Latino community can't trust them, while they will be my priority.”

Schiff and Garvey will run for two Senate elections: a special elections for the rest of Feinstein's term and general elections for a full six-year term in the Senate, ending in 2031. The winner of the special election will take office shortly after the Nov. 5 vote, giving them seniority over senators entering office in the 119th Congress.

The primary contest in California was one of the most expensive election races in the country, with Democratic candidates raising nearly 50 million dollars for their campaigns against each other. California, the bigger state in the country by population, has among the more expensive media markets in the country, making political advertising expensive.

by Feinstein immediate successorDemocratic Senator LaPhonza Butler of California, who was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom on October 1, 2023, declined to submit a full mandate.

The Schiff and Garvey campaigns did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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