The GOP candidate, former Los Angeles Dodgers star Steve Garvey, has been called to run against California Democratic Representative Adam Schiff for the U.S. Senate.
Schiff (D-CA) was easily defeated Tuesday to serve a new six-year Senate term and to complete the remaining portion of the late Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Senate term, which expires in January. The race for Schiff was called by the Associated Press just minutes after the state’s polls closed at 11 p.m. EDT.
After spearheading the first impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump and calling for his removal from office, Schiff, who has been a member of the House for the previous 20 years, rose to global fame. Schiff made a point of establishing himself as Trump’s most vocal opponent during his Senate race, promising to keep putting pressure on the Republican presidential candidate in the event that Trump were to win a second term in office.
Schiff has been referred to by Trump as “the enemy from within” and a “sleazebag.”
Trump declared, “These are bad people.” “There are a lot of nasty people here. However, after seeing “Shifty Schiff” and a few others, I do believe that they are the enemy from inside.
During a Fox News interview in late October, Trump attacked Garvey, claiming that his inexperience in politics was the cause of his failed campaign. Garvey “made a big mistake because he hasn’t reached out to MAGA, and if he doesn’t have MAGA, he’s got no chance,” he also told reporters.
On the campaign road, Garvey seemed out of his element at times. Due to difficulties with policy, he chose not to attend the Republican National Convention or the California Republican Party convention. In a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans by a margin of two to one, Schiff’s popularity ultimately overshadowed his concerted efforts to win over Latino voters, according to the Washington Examiner.
During their first and only discussion on television, Garvey called Schiff a “career politician” who is more concerned with furthering his own political goals than helping Californians.
Garvey continued by pointing out that Schiff seems too preoccupied with his personal grudge against Trump to be concerned about the interests of Californians, saying, “This man hasn’t done anything over the last 24 years on any of these things that have given us any consistency in life.”
During the primaries, Schiff came under heavy fire for helping to put Garvey ahead of Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) on the general election ballot because he thought he had have a greater chance of winning.
Schiff faced criticism last year after it was revealed that he had been using homeowner tax incentives to claim two principal residences in California and Maryland for over a decade.
Schiff’s announcement of a bid for the U.S. Senate in January 2023 may face difficulties due to the questions surrounding his residential claims.
Schiff has owned a spacious 3,420-square-foot home in Maryland for many years. He has, however, also identified a much smaller condo in Burbank, California, which is 650 square feet, as his principal property and claimed a homeowner’s tax exemption on it.
Through this strategy, the congressman was able to save a total of $7,000, or roughly $70 year in property taxes. Schiff didn’t ask for a similar exemption for his Maryland house.
According to CNN, tax documents show that Schiff only used a personal check with his Maryland address to pay property taxes in California in 2017, which fueled the debate.
Schiff is “rarely at his California apartment,” a small one-bedroom, one-bathroom home, according to an insider who spoke to The New York Post.
The disclosure comes as fellow Democratic Representatives Barbara Lee and Katie Porter are fierce rivals of Schiff in the California Senate primary. When Schiff paid $870,000 for the house in Maryland in 2003, deed records show that he identified it as his principal residence, according to the NY Post.
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