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Former Dodgers Great Steve Garvey Announces California Senate Run

October 10th, 2023

Former first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres Steve Garvey on Tuesday announced a bid for the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's U.S. Senate seat.

"I never played for Democrats or Republicans or independents," Garvey, the National League MVP in 1974, said in a campaign video. "I played for all of you."

Garvey will run as a Republican and told the Associated Press that while he voted for former President Donald Trump in the past, he is unsure who he will cast his ballot for in the 2024 presidential race.

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“I’m running the Steve Garvey campaign,” he told the AP when asked if he was "part of the Trump wing of the GOP."

California's "jungle primary" sees all qualified candidates run against each other, with the top two vote getters then facing off in a general election runoff, regardless of their political affiliation. This can mean two members of the same party are running against each other in the general election.

Garvey is running against, among others, Reps. Katie Porter, Adam Schiff and Barbara Lee, all Democrats from California.

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