Schiff’s latest ad boosts Republican Senate rival Steve Garvey. Rep. Katie Porter hates it
LA TimesThe 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 the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Schiff’s campaign released an ad portraying Garvey, a political novice considered a long shot to win the coveted seat, as his greatest competitor in a close 2024 Senate race that features two other top Democrats: Reps. Katie Porter of Irvine and Barbara Lee of Oakland. In the latest UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll, which was co- “Steve Garvey will be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump’s extreme agenda if elected,” Schiff spokeswoman Marisol Samayoa said. Garvey spokesman Matt Shupe called Schiff’s ad “divisive rhetoric that aims to separate us.” “Steve Garvey’s campaign has always been and will continue to be about bringing all Californians together for commonsense, compassionate solutions to today’s real problems, not trite political hatchet jobs,” Shupe said.