Steve Garvey, Adam Schiff to face off in debate for California U.S. Senate seat Tuesday
U.S. Senate candidates Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey will meet Tuesday night for their only face-to-face debate of the campaign.
The one hour debate will start at 5 P.M. PDT. It’s hosted by KABC in Los Angeles, will also be broadcast on ABC stations throughout the state.
It will be livestreamed on abc7.com, Univision34.com and on the League of Women Voters California Education Fund’s YouTube channel. Or search “ABC7 Los Angeles” on streaming channels Roku, FireTV, AppleTV and GoogleTV.
Marc Brown, KABC news anchor, will be chief moderator. Panelists will include Kristen Sze, an anchor for Bay Area ABC affiliate KGO-TV; Warren Armstrong, an anchor for Fresno ABC affiliate KFSN-TV; and Gabriela Teissier, an anchor for Univision Los Angeles.
Schiff and Garvey are competing for the Senate seat held for 31 years years by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died a year ago. Sen. Laphonza Butler, D-Calif., was appointed to fill the seat but is not seeking a full term.
Schiff, 64, has represented the Los Angeles area in Congress since 2001. He’s best known for leading the House’s 2020 effort to impeach President Donald Trump. He became a hero to Democrats but was a favorite target of Trump’s insults. He survived a tough primary campaign challenge from Rep. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, and Barbara Lee, D-Oakland.
Schiff, a Democratic congressman from Burbank, is far ahead of Garvey, the former baseball all-star, in polls. Schiff led Garvey, 63% to 35%, in the August 29-September 9 Public Policy Institute of California poll of likely voters.
Garvey, 75, is making his first run for political office. He has largely avoided aligning himself with former President Donald Trump and for that matter, Republicans as he seeks to become the first GOP candidate to win statewide since 2006.
He finally did say this summer he voted for Trump in California’s March primary and planned to vote for him again in November. But Garvey has stressed his aim to appeal to voters regardless of party or ideology.
He told Fox LA this summer he’s “somebody is running for all the people, not just half the people.”
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