The 2 males vying to symbolize California within the U.S. Senate will face off Tuesday evening of their solely debate of the overall election.
Republican Steve Garvey, 75, and Democrat Adam B. Schiff, 64, will meet on the talk stage at 5 p.m. Tuesday in a discussion board hosted by KABC-TV in Los Angeles and co-sponsored by the League of Girls Voters of California.
Garvey and Schiff participated in three debates within the spring through the aggressive Senate main, however shared the stage with Democratic Reps. Katie Porter and Barbara Lee.
Representing California within the Senate is without doubt one of the most coveted jobs in Golden State politics, and the seats are hardly ever open. The late Sen. Dianne Feinstein served within the Senate for greater than three a long time, from her election in 1992 till her demise final 12 months.
Polling reveals that Schiff has a robust lead heading into the Nov. 5 election.
Schiff completed first within the main for the total six-year Senate time period with 31.6% of the vote, with Garvey a really shut second at 31.5%. Within the main election to fill the rest of Feinstein’s time period, which ends in January, Garvey completed first with 33.2% of the vote, and Schiff second with 29.3%. Laphonza Butler presently holds the seat on an interim foundation.
watch the Senate debate
The talk will air dwell on KABC and different ABC associates throughout the state, and shall be livestreamed on abc7.com, univision34.com and on the League of Girls Voters California Training Fund’s YouTube channel. The talk may even stream on the KABC platform on Roku, Apple TV and Google TV.
Univision Los Angeles will rebroadcast the discussion board in Spanish at midday Wednesday on KMEX-TV.
Who’re the California Senate candidates?
Schiff, 64, has represented components of Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley for almost three a long time, first as a state legislator in Sacramento and, since 2001, in Congress.
Garvey, 75, of Palm Desert, is known in Southern California not for politics, however for his 18 years enjoying first base for the the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. He describes himself as a “reasonable conservative.”
Who’s moderating the talk?
The talk shall be hosted by Marc Brown, a KABC information anchor.
He shall be joined by three journalists from throughout the state: Kristen Sze, an anchor for Bay Space ABC affiliate KGO-TV; Warren Armstrong, an anchor for Fresno ABC affiliate KFSN-TV; and Gabriela Teissier, an anchor for Univision Los Angeles.
