Democrat Congressman Adam Schiff bested Republican and former baseball star Steve Garvey in the race for California’s U.S. Senate seat, according to The Associated Press, which called the race at 11 p.m. ET even before the results were in.
The coveted senate seat, held for decades by late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died at 90 on Sep. 29, 2023, is currently held by Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif). She was appointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom but is not seeking reelection.
Garvey earned the second spot in the state’s top-two jungle primary on Super Tuesday, March 5, trailing Schiff by 3,478 votes. A total of 7.3 million votes were cast between more than 27 candidates not including write-ins statewide in the primary, leaving Schiff with 31.6 percent of the vote and Garvey with 31.5….
