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The two men vying to represent California in the U.S. Senate will face off Tuesday night in their only debate of the general election. Republican Steve Garvey, 75, and Democrat Adam B. Schiff, 64 ...
The race for California's first open Senate seat in eight years unofficially started when Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Democrat and former EMILY's List President Laphonza Butler to the seat shortly ...
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey have advanced to the general election in the open primary for California’s open Senate seat, setting up an uphill battle for the state’s ...
Additionally, California's top-two primary system may allow two Democrats to advance to the general election, a scenario that played out in the 2016 and 2018 Senate races, though the three-way division in the 2024 Democratic field could help a Republican reach the general election.
The Senate is divided into three classes to stagger the terms of its members such that one-third of the Senate would be up for re-election every two years. Upon California's admission to the Union in 1850, the state was assigned a Class 1 seat and a Class 3 seat, first elected in 1849 .
Originally a swing state following statehood, California began regularly supporting Republicans for the first half of the 20th century. This changed with the passing of civil rights laws by Democrats in the 1960s and the subsequent rightward shift of the Republican Party. The party remained competitive with Democratic candidates until 1992.
Rep. Adam B. Schiff, a Burbank Democrat, faces former Dodger All-Star Steve Garvey, a Palm Desert Republican, for the California U.S. Senate seat long held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
Schiff was declared the winner of one of the two general election slots at 11:30 p.m. EST, about 30 minutes after polls closed in California. With an estimated 19% of the vote counted from parts ...