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Jilly_in_VA

(10,911 posts)
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 03:39 PM Jun 2023

Baseball legend considering US Senate bid

You'd have to go back a generation — to 1988 — to find the last time a Republican candidate won a U.S. Senate race in heavily Democratic California. This time, the party might get an MVP on the ballot.

Baseball legend Steve Garvey, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres, is meeting with voters and senior GOP officials as he weighs a potential 2024 Senate bid in a race that already has several prominent Democratic contenders in the field. He appeared at a recent fundraiser for Republican Rep. Michelle Steel in Orange County, where he signed baseballs and talked about his potential candidacy.

“He is seriously considering entering the race,” said veteran consultant Andy Gharakhani, who is advising Garvey.

The 74-year-old Garvey had an 18-year major league career. He was National League MVP in 1974 and retired from baseball in 1987.

Garvey has flirted with the possibility of entering politics before, including after his retirement from baseball, when he teased a possible U.S. Senate run but never became a candidate.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/baseball-legend-steve-garvey-us-senate-bid-california-99766254

I don't know what gives him the idea he's qualified. Oh wait, I do too---Tommy Tuberville. 'Nuff said.

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Baseball legend considering US Senate bid (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Jun 2023 OP
HARD PASS on that asshole. Old white man should read the room. ZonkerHarris Jun 2023 #1
Just what the senate needs. A pampered 75 year old jock Autumn Jun 2023 #2
Fuck the Dodgers. tirebiter Jun 2023 #3
Yeah! Right on! calguy Jun 2023 #8
If I recall, he had been touted for a post-baseball political career since the '70s... regnaD kciN Jun 2023 #4
Jim Bunning anyone? Just another baseball Republican jerkoff. Already been done. dem4decades Jun 2023 #5
I was going to bring him up. rsdsharp Jun 2023 #7
Sod off. nt sprinkleeninow Jun 2023 #6
Nope! Nope! Hell Nope! /NT sdfernando Jun 2023 #9
But 74 is too old. I'm 74 and never hit anyone or anything usonian Jun 2023 #10
He doesn't have a chance. What the hell is he thinking? brush Jun 2023 #11
GOP sure knows how to entice the youth vote. LakeArenal Jun 2023 #12
In his own mind. BHDem53 Jun 2023 #13
Rich. Old. White Guy. czarjak Jun 2023 #14
Steele is my district. Horrid. Garvey would be worse. quaint Jun 2023 #15
With CA's jungle primary system Retrograde Jun 2023 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author Brother Buzz Jun 2023 #17

regnaD kciN

(26,593 posts)
4. If I recall, he had been touted for a post-baseball political career since the '70s...
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 03:46 PM
Jun 2023

Everyone expected him to run for something as soon as he retired, but he got hit with a scandal in the form of several paternity suits at that time. Interesting that he’s willing to try now, when he’s in his mid-‘70s and, frankly, few voters would remember him as the one-time star of the Dodgers and Padres.

Anyway, baseball and the Senate are generally a bad fit. Anyone remember Jim Bunning?

rsdsharp

(10,151 posts)
7. I was going to bring him up.
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 03:51 PM
Jun 2023

At least Bunning is in the Hall of Fame. I guess Garvey was on a World Series winner; and four losers.

usonian

(13,950 posts)
10. But 74 is too old. I'm 74 and never hit anyone or anything
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 04:00 PM
Jun 2023

and never stole anything, not even a base.

Besides: look what the internet says:



A commodity.

brush

(57,640 posts)
11. He doesn't have a chance. What the hell is he thinking?
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 04:15 PM
Jun 2023

I see he's still a self-centered jerk. It's just now he's a 75-year-old, self-centered jerk trying to win a Senate seat in deep blue California, a seat already occupired, btw,, by an age-challenged Senator whose staff has to perform her duties for her.

Retrograde

(10,661 posts)
16. With CA's jungle primary system
Sat Jun 3, 2023, 03:01 PM
Jun 2023

there's a good chance he could end up on the Nov. 2024 ballot for senator. There are currently 3 good Democratic candidates for senator - Lee, Porter, and Schiff - and they could easily split the Democratic and Non-affiliated votes, giving Garvey a chance. Don't underestimate the value of name recognition - that's largely how Arnie ended up as governor.

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