California Election Continues Dominance of Adam Schiff, Democrats

Commentary On March 1, the Berkeley IGS Poll reported, “Garvey Now in a Statistical Tie with Schiff in Full-Term U.S. Senate Primary.” Republican U.S. candidate and former baseball star Steve Garvey scored 27 percent, followed by Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, and Barbara Lee garnering 25 percent, 19 percent, and 8 percent, respectively. Election-day numbers were even closer. Preliminary results from Secretary of State Shirley Weber show: Mr. Schiff 33.2 percent, Mr. Garvey 32.4 percent, Ms. Porter 13.8 percent, and Ms. Lee 7.4 percent. But if we add up the numbers by party, including numerous minor candidates who got less than 1 percent, we get: Democrats 57.3 percent; Republicans 40.8 percent; the American Independent 0.2 percent; the Libertarian 0.5 percent; No Party Preference 1 percent....