California Democrats that don't vote on Tuesday will have Steve Garvey as one of their Senators

[Flash953]

I just finished my California mail in ballot. There are two Senate Contests one for the full 6 year term and the other for the four year term. Mail in ballots are at an all time low. But there are still a bunch of votes for Steve Garvey from older conservatives. Steve Garvey for California is like voting for Herschel Walker in Georgia. Sure I might have all the facts on this issue and I didn't think it was as big of a deal . When I looked at the ballot however it became a big deal.... Probably someone out there has more info on this. I've read in the news that Steve Garvey is beating Katie Porter. Adam Schiff and Katie Porter is who I voted for. Tell your friends it's important to vote on Tuesday. No Trump loving Steve Garvey!!!!

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

1. the top two will be on the general ballot.

[SoFlaBro]

2. The top two go onto the final ballot.

[Flash953]

12. We're voting for two senators here not one. two top and then another two top

[FreeState]

18. This is incorrect

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-01/2024-california-election-senate-primary-voter-guide-schiff-porter-lee-garvey

Why you have to vote twice for Senate

On the March primary ballot, voters will be asked to vote on two Senate races. Since Butler will serve as one of California’s two U.S. senators only until someone else is elected, the first race will decide who will hold the seat for the remainder of Feinstein’s unexpired term — from the date of the general election, Nov. 5, through the end of the term on Jan. 3, 2025. The second Senate race will determine who serves the next full six-year term as California’s junior senator, from January 2025 through January 2031.

[RandySF]

3. No

[elocs]

4. When Democrats choose not to vote, self suppress their vote, bad things happen that don't need to happen.

Here in Wisconsin in 2010 with Obama as president, the Democrats controlled state government, the legislature and governorship. Then came the off-year midterms but too many on the Left were pissed off at Obama about healthcare or were just otherwise complacent and so they decided not to vote. But Republicans turned out to vote like it was their duty.
The result? In one election the state flipped from total Democratic control to total Republican control. Since 2010 was a census year, that meant when the Republicans took power in 2011 they set to work gerrymandering the state to help them get reelected and we've suffered from it for 13 years now with hope just beginning to show on the horizon.

The moral of the story is that when Democrats and those on the Left choose not to vote or vote for a 3rd party candidate who will only be a spoiler, bad things happen. Sadly, in my 50+ years of voting strictly for Democrats, I've seen this happen too many times. With California it could be just a senator compared with what happened here in 2010, but imagine Democrats losing control of the Senate by a single seat. Far, far worse, imagine Trump getting elected because too many on the Left chose not to vote in what is easily the most important election of our lifetimes.

Vote for the Democratic candidates. Just do it.

[Flash953]

11. It's complicated...... one vote is for a 4 year term. the two senators currently are appointed by the Governor.

Senator Feinstein died in office. Kamala Harris went to become VP.

[Retrograde]

13. No, there was an election in 2022

in which Padilla (who had been appointed to fill out Harris’s term) ran for and was elected to both the remainder of that term and a full term of his own. Butler, who was appointed to fill out Feinstein’s term, did not file to run in this primary so she will be out when the results of the November election are certified

[Clearheadsam]

5. The DNC doesn't want two democrats in the race

in November. They claim the Senste seat is safe and want to free up money for other races across the country.

[BigmanPigman]

6. Newsom used his leftover campaign

funds for democrats and their causes after the recall was a bust.

[mopinko]

8. which is stupid.

if it’s 2 dems, y wd they need to dump money into the race?
and it’s so good for house races.

[Clearheadsam]

9. They were talking more about Porter and Schiff being

popular fundraisers around the country because they both well known and have been raising a ton of money for their campaign. I don’t agree either. Even Swalwell said it.🤷🏼‍♂️

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. Supporters of each Democrat would donate to them, rather than to Democrats in other races

is, I presume, the argument, which seems valid.

[mopinko]

14. dems r swimming in money this cycle. even if they werent

this kind of gamesmanship at this point in time is just insane imho. i heard that schiff has actually boosted garvey, tho i’m not sure how.
it’s 1 thing to fart around w the gqp to pick the guy u want to run against anywhere else, but in a jungle primary? in such a blue state? malpractice.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. I forgot that you guys do a "jungle primary" now

so that really puts the onus on casting a vote in the primary instead of just sitting back and figuring to wait until the general.

[totodeinhere]

15. According to news reports Schilff is actually helping Garvey on the theory that Garvey

would be easier to beat in the general election in heavily Democratic California. And I think the congressman is correct. Do you actually think that Garvey would beat Schiff in the general election? I don't.

https://calmatters.org/commentary/2024/02/adam-schiff-steve-garvey-senate/

[Retrograde]

17. There is one Senate seat but two terms

California already has one senator duly elected to a full term in 2022. This year there are two contests. The first is to fill the seat vacated by Sen. Feinstein: that term runs from Nov. 2024-Jan. 3, 2025. That's because state election law says any vacated Senate seats will be filled at the next general election. The second is for the full term for that seat, Jan. 2025- Jan. 2031. This is explained in the state-wide voters' guide, and in some counties (Santa Clara, for example) was even stated on the ballot itself.

You can legally split your vote the way you described, but we don't get an extra senator (much as I think we deserve one).

[Flash953]

19. Thanks for the clarification.