Former Dodgers, Padres star Steve Garvey running for California Senate
By Ryan King
Published Oct. 10, 2023, 11:35 a.m. ET
Steve Garvey hit 272 home runs in his big league baseball career.
Now the former Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres star is swinging for the fences one more time as a candidate for US Senate from his adopted home state.
The 10-time All-Star, who helped propel the Dodgers past the Yankees in the 1981 World Series, announced Tuesday that he is running as a Republican for the seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) last month.
“Our campaign is focused on quality-of-life issues, public safety, and education,” Garvey said in a statement. “As a US Senator, I will serve with commonsense, compassion, and will work to build consensus to benefit all of the people of California.”
Garvey, 74, anchored the legendary Dodgers infield of the 1970s that featured Davy Lopes at second base, Bill Russell at shortstop and Ron Cey at third base — winning the National League Most Valuable Player award in 1974 and being named MVP of the National League Championship Series in 1978.
He signed with the Padres as a free agent ahead of the 1983 season and was named MVP of the NLCS the following year as San Diego won its first pennant.
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