What to know about the Senate candidates in California ahead of the primary election
The race to follow in Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s footsteps was always going to be a monumental clash among huge personalities.
So far the contest has not disappointed as Reps. Adam B. Schiff, Katie Porter and Barbara Lee and former baseball player Steve Garvey vie with dozens of others to represent just under 40 million Californians. Perhaps even more stark than their diverging views on policy is the candidates’ backstories.
They include a World Series champion, a former star law professor, a prosecutor and a volunteer with the Black Panther Party. Their distinctive biographies provide a blueprint for how they might govern. So the Los Angeles Times dispatched reporters to look into the lives and careers of Garvey, Porter, Schiff and Lee.
Here are the illuminating profiles that hopefully will help Californians decide how they want to vote in the March 5 primary.
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Two of Garvey’s children say he has declined to meet with them, while his eldest daughter says he cut her and her children off without explanation.
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Democratic Senate candidate Barbara Lee’s quarter-century in the House has been defined by sometimes lonesome pursuits. She says her stances have proved prescient over time.
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A blunt demeanor, professorial intellect and sometimes polarizing ways have defined her three terms as an outspoken member of Congress from a competitive Orange County district.
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The Burbank congressman and Senate candidate, known to the nation for the impeachment inquiry into the ex-president, has long been driven by the pursuit of justice.
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The only 2024 statewide electoral contest is for Senate and includes Reps. Katie Porter, Barbara Lee and Adam B. Schiff along with former Dodger Steve Garvey.
