the general election race for the Senate seat was sleepy, bordering on dull. Schiff and his allies spent more than $35 million during the primary on ads that called Garvey "too conservative for California." The gambit helped to consolidate Republican ...

Garvey, a Republican, and Schiff, a Democrat, vied for the seat long held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died in September 2023. Sen. Laphonza Butler, who was appointed to the seat by Gov. Gavin Newsom, decided not to run for it.