I hate these games the blanket primary encourages. I like both Schiff and Porter, but I voted for Porter because a) I want her to be in the general election and b) Schiff promoted Garvey to keep her from making the top 2.

I hate these games the blanket primary encourages. As a Porter supporter I agree, but it's a negative that's worth the trade off for a process that's actually more Democratic.

There is absolutely no chance in hell Garvey would win the general election. Based on 27 percent of precincts reporting, I would say that the combined figure of Schiff and Porter ie. 53.5 percent, does indeed indicate that Garvey has essentially a zero percent chance of prevailing in the run-off.

I guess Porter quixotically running ads promoting Eric Early didn't split the GOP vote enough for her to get a runoff slot LOL. Good riddance.

If Garvey gets over 35% in either election I will be floored This is still a pretty surprising result I guess the appetite for a generic unknown Republican in CA is larger than I thought.

I hope all the boomer liberals that love Schiff enjoy their fond memories of the Trump impeachment while he ends up supporting a border wall compromise to raise the debt ceiling in 2025

...I guess the appetite for a generic unknown Republican in CA is larger than I thought. In fairness he's not really an unknown. He has a name recognition in California from his distinguished baseball career - particularly because he played for both the LA Dodgers and SD Padres (helping the latter win a WS). He's no Arnold Schwarzenegger, but I'm sure his name recognition helped separate him from other Republicans and probably garnered him some D votes.

I hadn't thought abut him in decades until he ran, but I remember Steve Garvey from the 1980s. He was HUGE in California at that time.

I guess I meant "unknown" in the sense that he's a political blank slate, which is probably just as important as his name recognition.