Welcome to the California comeback.
Republican Steve Garvey. It looks like we're going to the
general,
ladies and gentlemen, and Democrat Adam Schiff.
You're looking at the projected top two vote getters from
Super Tuesday's primary election race for California's open U.S.
Senate seat. These two now advance to the November runoff
after beating out more than two dozen other candidates,
including Democratic Congress members Katie Porter and Barbara Lee.
One of the major factors?
Conservative Republican Steve Garvey voted for Trump twice Over the
last few months,
Schiff spent millions of dollars on advertisements targeting Garvey,
all part of what pundits have described as an effort
to propel the Republican former Major League Baseball player into
the top two.
In turn guaranteeing A Garvey shift match up in the
general election.
Literally paid off? Yeah. Democratic political analyst Bill Wong says
the strategy is likely to work in California,
noting the Democrat Schiff has a huge advantage facing off
against the Republican Garvey.
In a state where registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans 2
to one,
Republican voters only represent about 24%
of the electorate. So when you have a 2 to
one advantage from a voter standpoint,
it's very difficult for Garvey to kind of overcome that
that bridge.
It's a point with which Republican political analyst Matt Klink
agrees.
Steve Garvey really needs to do is one,
he needs to raise some money,
which he didn't do in the primary.
Two, he needs to take some positions on some issues.
It's it's no longer going to be good enough for
Steve Garvey to say that the status quo has messed
up Washington,
DC and it's and the government is not working well
for the people.
He's going to need to get more specific.
He expects shift to raise the topic of Donald Trump
throughout the campaign and to continue asking Garvey whether he
plans to vote for Trump.
That's a dance that Steve Garvey is going to have
to do and ultimately he's going to have to answer
the question and no matter how he answers it it's
going to hurt him with some block of voters in
addition to the Senate race.
All eyes are still on Prop 1.
Still too close to call.
Backed by Governor Gavin Newsom.
The proposed $6.38 billion bond measure seeks to fund more
than 11,000 behavioral health beds and some 27,000 treatment slots
for those on the streets experiencing severe mental illness and
substance use disorders. And the Yes on Prop One campaign
released a statement expressing optimism the measure will ultimately pass,
reporting at the state Capitol covering local news that matters.
Eitan Wallace, Fox 40 News.