California Primary: Adam Schiff’s Plan to Boost Steve Garvey Works as Both Advance to GeneralJoel B. Pollak 5 Mar 2024
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) pulled off his audacious primary election plan on Super Tuesday: to boost his Republican rival, Steve Garvey, so both would qualify for the general election, leaving more viable Democratic contenders behind.
Under California’s “jungle” primary system, the top two vote recipients in the primary advance to the general election, regardless of party. Schiff might have faced a tougher challenge from one of the female Democrats in the race — Reps. Katie Porter (D-CA) or Barbara Lee (D-CA), for example. But when Garvey, a former baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, entered the race as a Republican, he provided the perfect foil for Schiff to set up an easier November contest.
Democrats enjoy such a huge registration advantage in the state — nearly 47% Democratic to just 24% Republican — that the GOP has been shut out of statewide office since Arnold Schwarzenegger was governor, nearly 15 years ago.
Schiff ran ads in major media markets, and on social media platforms, that slammed Garvey for his conservative views. That achieved two goals: it set Schiff up as the party standard-bearer, and also excited conservatives about Garvey.
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