Column: Schiff cheapened himself with his cynical effort to help Garvey in Senate primary
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: Schiff cheapened himself with his cynical effort to help Garvey in Senate primary

LA Times  

Rep. Adam B. Schiff’s clever and cynical ploy in California’s Senate primary enabled him to avoid risk in the November runoff. Former Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres star Steve Garvey — the race’s only recognizable Republican — may have advanced to the November runoff on his own without being propelled by Schiff, who handpicked his preferred weak opponent for November. But if Schiff’s push was indeed necessary for Garvey to finish among the top two vote-getters and qualify for the November runoff, then it’s another example of the California GOP’s pathetic weakness. The ads also falsely implied that Republican Garvey — not Democrat Porter — was Schiff’s principal primary opponent. Ironically, Schiff made his congressional bones fighting to preserve and advance American democracy — including investigating alleged Russian interference in Trump’s 2016 presidential election and Trump’s attempt to overturn President Biden’s 2020 victory.

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Column: Call Adam Schiff what you want. California’s next senator is ready to work with Trump
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Column: Call Adam Schiff what you want. California’s next senator is ready to work with Trump

LA Times  

Adam Schiff — “sleazebag,” “low life,” “little pencil neck,” to use some of the pungent ways Donald Trump describes him — is taking the high road, turning the other cheek and generally being the better man by ignoring all that and promising to do whatever he can to work and thrive in a MAGA-fied Washington, D.C. No, his views of …

Democrat Adam Schiff wins California’s U.S. Senate race
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Democrat Adam Schiff wins California’s U.S. Senate race

LA Times  

Democratic Rep. Adam B. Schiff of Burbank, who rose to national prominence as a key antagonist of former President Trump, easily beat Republican and former Dodgers All-Star Steve Garvey on Tuesday night to win California’s open seat in the U.S. Senate. Schiff also wished Garvey well, saying he understands that it’s “not easy to be a candidate for any office.” …

‘The primary was the election.’ California’s sleepy Senate race is almost over
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘The primary was the election.’ California’s sleepy Senate race is almost over

LA Times  

Schiff campaigns in Florida with U.S. Senate candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, left, and Rep. Lois Frankel in Delray Beach, Fla., in October. “As a policymaker, he doesn’t inspire confidence.” Garvey is out of step with what California voters want, Schiff said, which is someone who will take action on climate change and reproductive rights, not someone who has voted three times …

Poll: If Trump wins the White House, Californians want their next senator to fight back
2 months, 1 week ago

Poll: If Trump wins the White House, Californians want their next senator to fight back

LA Times  

If President Trump is elected in November, California voters have a clear message for the Golden State’s next senator: Protect us. At the Tuesday debate, Garvey tried to portray Schiff as someone too caught up in a vendetta against Trump to focus on issues important to California voters, asking him: “How can you think about one man every day and …

Former MLB star Garvey makes play for Latino votes in longshot bid for California US Senate seat
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Former MLB star Garvey makes play for Latino votes in longshot bid for California US Senate seat

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. LOS ANGELES — Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey is making a late-hour push for Latino support in his longshot U.S. Senate campaign against Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff for the California seat long held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Republicans are outnumbered by Democrats in California by a staggering …

Five takeaways from the testy U.S. Senate debate between Schiff and Garvey
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Five takeaways from the testy U.S. Senate debate between Schiff and Garvey

LA Times  

KABC-TV Los Angeles hosted the 2024 California U.S. Senate Candidate Forum with Republican former Dodger Steve Garvey and Democratic Rep. Adam B. Schiff, left, on Tuesday in Glendale. When Schiff in his first remarks accused Garvey of turning a blind eye to the worst impulses of Trump — who Schiff noted has said he wants to “be a dictator on …

How to watch the only debate between Steve Garvey and Adam Schiff for California U.S. Senate seat
2 months, 2 weeks ago

How to watch the only debate between Steve Garvey and Adam Schiff for California U.S. Senate seat

LA Times  

Republican Senate candidate Steve Garvey, left, and his opponent, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, will hold their only one-on-one debate at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Republican Steve Garvey, 75, and Democrat Adam B. Schiff, 64, will meet on the debate stage at 5 p.m. Tuesday in a forum hosted by KABC-TV in Los Angeles and co- Garvey and Schiff participated in three …

Endorsement: Adam Schiff for U.S. Senate
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Endorsement: Adam Schiff for U.S. Senate

LA Times  

In the race for the U.S. Senate seat that was held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the decision isn’t a difficult one. He has had a nearly three-decade political career representing Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley communities, first serving in the state Legislature and then in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2001. Opinion L.A. Times electoral endorsements …

Poll: Adam Schiff expands already sizable lead over Steve Garvey in California Senate race
4 months, 1 week ago

Poll: Adam Schiff expands already sizable lead over Steve Garvey in California Senate race

LA Times  

Rep. Adam B. Schiff has slightly expanded his already sizable lead over retired Dodger All-Star Steve Garvey in new polling ahead of California’s U.S. Senate race, with the Burbank Democrat now holding a 20-point advantage over his Republican challenger. Schiff was the preferred candidate of 53% of likely voters in the state, while Garvey was preferred by 33%, according to …

Top Democrat Adam Schiff demands Biden drop out of the race
5 months ago

Top Democrat Adam Schiff demands Biden drop out of the race

Daily Mail  

Leading Democrat congressman Adam Schiff has issued a stunning call for Joe Biden to exit the presidential race. He became one of the most high-profile Democrats to publicly sour on Biden, 81, amid spiraling concerns over his age in the wake of a disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump last month. His statement comes as a brutal new AP-NORC Center …

California Rep. Adam Schiff calls for Biden to step aside
5 months, 1 week ago

California Rep. Adam Schiff calls for Biden to step aside

NPR  

California Rep. Adam Schiff calls for Biden to step aside toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, is calling for President Biden to step aside from his bid for re-election, according to a statement obtained by NPR. In the statement, Schiff, who is currently running for Senate in California, called on Biden to “pass the torch” and …

Adam Schiff's GOP opponent Steve Garvey owes as much as $750K in taxes: report
9 months ago

Adam Schiff's GOP opponent Steve Garvey owes as much as $750K in taxes: report

Raw Story  

Steve Garvey, the celebrity candidate angling to fill the late Sen. Diane Feinstein's seat, is deep in the hole with state and federal taxes. Garvey, a Los Angeles Dodger and San Diego Padres great, owes at least $350,000 and as much as $750,000 in back taxes dating over a decade ago, according to his February financial disclosure statement listing two …

How cryptocurrency executives helped decide the California Senate primary
9 months, 1 week ago

How cryptocurrency executives helped decide the California Senate primary

LA Times  

Rep. Katie Porter was targeted by a crypto-funded super PAC as she campaigned against Rep. Adam B. Schiff in the California Senate primary. The $10-million bill for the As primary results rolled in that showed Porter a distant third behind Rep. Adam B. Schiff of Burbank and Republican Steve Garvey, Fairshake boasted that the Orange County lawmaker’s alliance with mentor …

Opinion: We had high hopes for this Senate race. Now, ‘rigged’ is being thrown around
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: We had high hopes for this Senate race. Now, ‘rigged’ is being thrown around

LA Times  

Think back to how the race for U.S. senator for California started: In January 2023, Democratic Reps. Katie Porter and Adam Schiff announced their candidacies for the seat being vacated by Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Porter, who came in third behind Schiff and Garvey and therefore failed to make the runoff, used the Trumpian term “rig” in a post-election day tweet, …

Republican Garvey will target independents, soft Democrats, in bid against Schiff for Senate seat
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Republican Garvey will target independents, soft Democrats, in bid against Schiff for Senate seat

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey calls himself a “conservative moderate” who shouldn’t be buttonholed into conventional political labels, a self-styled description that provides a window into how he hopes to win over independents and soft Democratic voters in his longshot Senate campaign against Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff. “He’s never been this partisan guy,” Shupe added, noting …

Rep. Adam Schiff makes runoff in Democratic primary for US Senate in California
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Rep. Adam Schiff makes runoff in Democratic primary for US Senate in California

Hindustan Times  

AP, CNN and NBC News forecast that Democratic House member, Rep. Adam Schiff will proceed to the November runoff election for the open Senate seats in California. US Representative and 2024 US Senate candidate Adam Schiff, Democrat of California, wears an "I Voted" sticker after casting his ballot during the presidential primary at a polling location in Burbank, California, on …

Column: A land of flaming liberalism? Senate results contradict California stereotype
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: A land of flaming liberalism? Senate results contradict California stereotype

LA Times  

Barring unusual circumstances, Democrat Adam Schiff seems poised to become California’s next U.S. senator. And by year’s end, California will very likely have a new U.S. senator in the mold of its past one, Dianne Feinstein, whose former seat Democrat Schiff is vying to fill. However, barring an extraordinary set of circumstances, Schiff will be California’s next U.S. senator, taking …

How Trump propelled Schiff to the general California Senate election
9 months, 2 weeks ago

How Trump propelled Schiff to the general California Senate election

LA Times  

Adam Schiff celebrates with his wife Eve during an election party in Los Angeles Tuesday night. The omnipresence of Trump’s legal travails and his dominance in the Republican presidential primary ensure his shadow over the 2024 election will remain through November, and only increase Rep. Adam B. Schiff’s already heady chances of becoming California’s newest U.S. senator. As the lead …

California Senate Race: Steve Garvey ties with Adam Schiff ahead of Super Tuesday
9 months, 2 weeks ago

California Senate Race: Steve Garvey ties with Adam Schiff ahead of Super Tuesday

Hindustan Times  

The Democrat-Republican battle for the California Senate race is heating up ahead of Super Tuesday. Newcomer Steve Garvey is in a “statistical tie” with Adam Schiff, according to a poll from the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies. FILE - Former baseball player Steve Garvey speaks during a televised debate for candidates in the senate race on Jan. 22, 2024, …

Schiff and Garvey are headed to November showdown for coveted California Senate seat
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Schiff and Garvey are headed to November showdown for coveted California Senate seat

LA Times  

Concluding California’s most competitive U.S. Senate primary in a generation, Rep. Adam B. Schiff of Burbank and retired Dodgers All-Star Steve Garvey will square off in November to represent the Golden State in Washington. She said in an interview that she hopes the election results show voters that campaign finance rules have to change, because “money drives the polling in …

Porter, Schiff and Lee make final Senate pitch across California, with Garvey nowhere to be seen
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Porter, Schiff and Lee make final Senate pitch across California, with Garvey nowhere to be seen

LA Times  

Rep. Katie Porter, right, and her son, Luke Hoffman, center, 18, who is a first-time voter, are helped by customer service representative Jennifer Martin at a voting station at University Hills Community Center in Irvine on Saturday. Before he appeared, supporters milled around carrying signs that read “Schiff for Senate” and others that showed a Shepard Fairey rendition of Schiff’s …

Steve Garvey has barely campaigned for Senate in California. He’s surging anyway
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Steve Garvey has barely campaigned for Senate in California. He’s surging anyway

LA Times  

Former Dodgers all-star Steve Garvey’s quixotic campaign for the U.S. Senate seat once held by the late Dianne Feinstein appears likely to pay off in Tuesday’s California primary. Political experts say Garvey was buoyed by two forces: fame from his nearly two decades playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres, including the Dodgers’ 1981 World Series …

Schiff and Garvey lead in Senate race, well positioned for runoff, poll shows
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Schiff and Garvey lead in Senate race, well positioned for runoff, poll shows

LA Times  

Rep. Adam B. Schiff’s campaign gambit of spending millions to highlight Republican Senate candidate Steve Garvey’s conservative record appears to have paid off, making Garvey a strong favorite to emerge from Tuesday’s primary as Schiff’s general election opponent. By contrast, a general election between Schiff and Porter would start out tied, with 4 in 10 voters undecided, the poll found. …

California’s top-two primary creates twists and turns in Senate race
9 months, 4 weeks ago

California’s top-two primary creates twists and turns in Senate race

LA Times  

Senate candidates Steve Garvey, left, Rep. Katie Porter, Rep. Adam B. Schiff and Rep. Barbara Lee took the stage for the final debate before the March 5 primary. A poll of likely voters released last week by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California showed Schiff leading with 24%, followed by Porter and Garvey in a virtual tie at 19% …

California’s Senate primary could derail two prominent Democrats and elevate Republican Steve Garvey
9 months, 4 weeks ago

California’s Senate primary could derail two prominent Democrats and elevate Republican Steve Garvey

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. LOS ANGELES — California’s Senate race was expected to be a three-way Democratic prizefight, but the possibility of a record-low turnout is elevating the chances of Republican Steve Garvey, a former baseball star, and could derail the congressional careers of two prominent progressives. “I don’t see a surge of Democratic …

In final primary debate, Senate candidates spar over Israel, immigration and campaign donations
10 months ago

In final primary debate, Senate candidates spar over Israel, immigration and campaign donations

LA Times  

From left, senate candidates, Steve Garvey, Rep. Katie Porter, Rep. Adam Schiff and Rep. Barbara Lee took the stage or the final debate before the March 5 primary. “That’s the gap between Congressman Schiff and candidate Schiff,” Porter said. Porter said the legislation “demonized immigrants,” while Lee said the bill did not include comprehensive immigration reform and needed more humane …

Column: Smart but stinky strategies in California’s Senate race
10 months ago

Column: Smart but stinky strategies in California’s Senate race

LA Times  

An ancient proverb is at play in the fight over a U.S. Senate seat held for 30 years by the late Dianne Feinstein. That’s why Rep. Adam B. Schiff — the front-runner based on polling and campaign cash — is going full bore to boost Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey in the March 5 primary election. That’s why Schiff’s …

Porter defends ad highlighting little-known GOP rival in Senate race
10 months, 1 week ago

Porter defends ad highlighting little-known GOP rival in Senate race

LA Times  

Rep. Katie Porter, who is running for the late Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat, speaks at a campaign event at Lola’s Mexican Cuisine in Long Beach on Saturday. Rep. Katie Porter, who is running for the late Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat, greets supporters at a campaign event at Lola’s Mexican Cuisine on Saturday in Long Beach. A supporter holds a sign …

California Senate candidates grilled in second debate, asked if Biden and Trump are too old
10 months, 1 week ago

California Senate candidates grilled in second debate, asked if Biden and Trump are too old

LA Times  

Who could replace the late California Sen. Dianne Feinstein in this year’s election? Reps. Katie Porter and Barbara Lee and Republican candidate Steve Garvey all faced sharp questions from moderators: Porter was asked if she waited too long to propose solutions to California’s housing crisis; Lee about her support for a $50 minimum wage and whether it would be sustainable …

Schiff supporters air ads focused on GOP rival Steve Garvey in California Senate race
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Schiff supporters air ads focused on GOP rival Steve Garvey in California Senate race

LA Times  

Rep. Katie Porter and former baseball player Steve Garvey take part in a Jan. 22 televised debate for candidates in the race to succeed the late California Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Supporters of Democratic Rep. Adam B. Schiff’s Senate bid plan to spend millions of dollars before the March 5 California primary airing television ads focused solely on Republican candidate Steve …

Schiff TV ad promoting GOP Senate rival Garvey is fair play
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Schiff TV ad promoting GOP Senate rival Garvey is fair play

LA Times  

Republican Steve Garvey, left, is the target in Rep. Adam B. Schiff’s new TV ad. “All is fair,” said Garry South, a Democratic strategist who helped write the pick-your-opponent playbook more than 20 years ago when he worked to reelect California’s beleaguered governor, Gray Davis. She had planned to stay neutral in the contest, but said she changed her mind …

Prominent Democrats duel ex-baseball star Garvey for Feinstein’s US Senate seat in California
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Prominent Democrats duel ex-baseball star Garvey for Feinstein’s US Senate seat in California

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. LOS ANGELES — A crowded primary contest to fill the U.S. Senate seat once held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein is showing again that money matters in notoriously expensive California while testing whether the state’s long-squabbling Republicans can unite behind a single candidate for an outside chance at …

Schiff’s latest ad boosts Republican Senate rival Steve Garvey. Rep. Katie Porter hates it
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Schiff’s latest ad boosts Republican Senate rival Steve Garvey. Rep. Katie Porter hates it

LA Times  

The Senate campaign for Rep. Adam B. Schiff, left, released an ad comparing him to Republican rival and ex-Los Angeles Dodger Steve Garvey, center. Republican Senate contender and former baseball All-Star Steve Garvey is getting a campaign boost from an unlikely source — Democratic Rep. Adam B. Schiff, a top rival in the race for the seat once held by …

Endorsement: Adam Schiff for the U.S. Senate
11 months, 1 week ago

Endorsement: Adam Schiff for the U.S. Senate

LA Times  

Schiff says he has a record of leadership and getting things done in Washington. Schiff, however, stands out for his extraordinary leadership over the last several years in helping to protect the nation’s institutions, the rule of law and American democracy itself from former President Trump. Senator The Times editorial board interviewed some of the leading candidates for the U.S. …

Schiff takes narrow lead in Senate race; tight contest for second, new poll shows
11 months, 1 week ago

Schiff takes narrow lead in Senate race; tight contest for second, new poll shows

LA Times  

Clockwise from top left, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, Rep. Katie Porter, former Dodger Steve Garvey — the leading GOP candidate — and Rep. Barbara Lee are competing to fill the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The fight for second place in California’s U.S. Senate race between Rep. Katie Porter and former Dodgers star Steve Garvey appears volatile as …

Porter and Schiff polling neck and neck in California Senate race, in lead for a runoff
1 year, 1 month ago

Porter and Schiff polling neck and neck in California Senate race, in lead for a runoff

LA Times  

A new poll shows Reps. Katie Porter and Adam B. Schiff, seen at a Los Angeles debate last month, essentially tied for the lead in the race for the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s seat. Reps. Adam B. Schiff and Katie Porter are in nearly a dead heat in California’s U.S. Senate race, well-positioned to move ahead to a runoff, a …

Letters to the Editor: California is lucky to have so many great Senate candidates
1 year, 10 months ago

Letters to the Editor: California is lucky to have so many great Senate candidates

LA Times  

To the editor: It seems that everyone, including The Times, is predicting a brutal primary for the seat held by Sen. Dianne Feinstein. I would be proud to have Reps. Katie Porter, Adam B. Schiff or Barbara Lee represent California in the Senate. If I sound naive in hoping that their campaigns will emphasize their own strengths and not focus …

News Analysis: After primaries, California takes on crucial role in battle for control of Congress
2 years, 6 months ago

News Analysis: After primaries, California takes on crucial role in battle for control of Congress

LA Times  

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield must defend several incumbent Republicans in tough districts in his home state. Tuesday’s election results elsewhere in the state — the recall of Chesa Boudin, San Francisco’s progressive top prosecutor, and a strong showing in the Los Angeles mayoral race by Rick Caruso, a mega-developer and onetime Republican — have some national Democrats …

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