Democrat Adam Schiff wins Dianne Feinstein's former Senate seat

Rep. Adam Schiff has won the precocious Dianne Feinstein's U.S. Senate seat, beating retired GOP challenger and erstwhile MLB prima Steve Garvey, The Associated Press projected Tuesday night.

Garvey, who refused to inquire for an endorsement from former President Trump and embraced being a "conservative moderate," congratulated Schiff during an predetermination nighttime quality with his supporters.

"I privation you to cognize that, contempt the outcome, that erstwhile the counting is over, we volition person gotten the 4th astir fig of votes successful the country," Garvey said. "This means that everyone successful California does person a voice, and it volition lone turn louder and louder.

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Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, left, and Republican Steve Garvey, conscionable successful a statement Oct. 8, 2024.  (David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

"I privation to sincerely convey you for your enactment and vote. It was an grant to beryllium your nominee and correspond you astir this large authorities of ours, to sermon the issues and ideas that we attraction astir about — the outgo of living, fixing our stateless crisis, making our communities safe, improving our nationalist schools and securing our border," Garvey said.

The Los Angeles-area congressman, who roseate to nationalist prominence arsenic the pb authoritative successful President Trump’s archetypal impeachment trial, defeated a Republican erstwhile shot prima who had tried to parlay his sports personage into a governmental career.

Schiff, who was favored to triumph successful profoundly bluish California, did not instantly merchandise a statement. 

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Garvey, a erstwhile MLB archetypal baseman, spent a week successful Israel arsenic portion of his run efforts earlier this twelvemonth to basal successful solidarity with the Jewish assemblage successful California and acceptable himself isolated from his Democratic hostile during the assemblage field riots. 

Schiff shaped his run astir nationalist issues, including termination rights, portion continuing to play a foil to Trump, calling the erstwhile president a menace to democracy. He besides contrasted his years of acquisition successful Congress — Schiff was archetypal elected to the House successful 2000 — against Garvey, a first-time campaigner who positioned himself arsenic an outsider with a caller position to woody with California’s long-running stateless crisis, ostentation and lodging costs.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and GOP hostile Steve Garvey (Getty Images)

Feinstein, a Democrat elected to the Senate successful 1992, died astatine 90 successful September 2023. Laphonza Butler, a Democratic insider and erstwhile labour leader, was appointed to the spot aft Feinstein’s decease and decided not to question a afloat word this year.

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Republicans successful California person struggled successful caller years to summation momentum successful their campaigns, often overshadowed by a Democratic trifecta.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.