Democrat Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey set to compete for California Senate seat

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican Steve Garvey is advancing to a November election to fill the U.S. Senate seat held for 3 a long time by the late Dianne Feinstein, a uncommon alternative for the GOP to compete in a marquee statewide race on this Democratic stronghold.

The previous baseball MVP who performed for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will face Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff.

California places all candidates, no matter celebration, on the identical major poll and the 2 who get essentially the most votes advance to the final election. Which means Republicans are typically shut out of excessive profile statewide races given the grip Democrats maintain on the state. The GOP has didn’t advance a candidate to the final election in two of California’s final three U.S. Senate races.

Nonetheless, Democrats are anticipated to simply maintain the Senate seat in November, a aid for the celebration because it seeks to defend a slender majority. A Republican hasn’t received a Senate race in California since 1988.

However the marketing campaign nonetheless represents a brand new period in California politics, which was lengthy dominated by Feinstein and a handful of different veteran politicians.