Former Los Angeles Dodgers player Steve Garvey continues to ascend in the polls leading up to California’s March 5 primary for an open Senate seat with the latest poll placing him in a statistical tie with Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff.
A poll by Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies published March 1 shows the Republican garnering 27 percent of likely voters, and Mr. Schiff receiving 25 percent of the likely vote. Democratic Congresswoman Katie Porter came in third with 19 percent, followed by Rep. Barbara Lee, also a Democrat, who claimed 8 percent, among a crowded field of candidates running for the seat left vacant after the death of longtime Sen. Dianne Feinstein in September.
