Rep. Adam Schiff is making a bid for the Senate, but he’s got a fight on his hands against Republican Steve Garvey. The former Dodgers and Padres baseball star is going all-in in his an attempt to wrest the Senate seat long-held by retiring Sen. Diane Feinstein from Democrats, and he’s making a splash.
The numbers are the latest indication that Garvey has succeeded in consolidating California’s Republican voters, aided by name recognition and, political analysts speculate, Schiff’s controversial ad campaigns elevating the Republican’s profile. The polling shows 67% of likely Republican and conservative voters throw their support behind Garvey.My campaign is about building consensus and working across the political spectrum to improve our country.
“These findings represent a dramatic change in the standings when compared to earlier polls in the Senate race,” IGS said in an analysis of its findings, noting Garvey “is now in a statistical tie” with Schiff, the race’s longtime frontrunner. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. It was conducted online in English and Spanish from Feb. 22-27 among 3,304 likely California voters.