What you need to know about California primary results
What you need to know about California primary results
As the dust settles from Tuesday’s primary night, Californians are waking up to two major decisions: The next U.S. senator will either be Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff or Republican former L.A. Dodger Steve Garvey. And odds are that the state will expand its mental health and substance abuse treatment infrastructure and overhaul the way it funds mental health programs through Proposition 1.
It’s no surprise that Schiff — who has led both in the polls and in fundraising throughout the campaign — made it to the November ballot, writes CalMatters politics reporter Yue Stella Yu. In his victory speech, Schiff thanked his family, supporters, former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and others.
During the speech, protestors interrupted Schiff by shouting “ceasefire now” and “let Gaza live” in reference to the Israeli invasion. Before exiting the stage, he acknowledged the demonstrators and reminded audience members to go “onward to victory in November.”
Schiff: “We are so lucky to live in a democracy where we all have the right to protest… and we want to make sure that we keep this kind of democracy.”
While Garvey was a strong second Tuesday night, the scale tips towards Schiff again for the general election. Now that Democratic Reps. Katie Porter and Barbara Lee are out, voters in November will have a clear partisan choice in a deep-blue state where no Republican has won statewide since 2006.
