CA-SEN: Senator-not-yet-elect Schiff is already boosting likely future colleagues [View all]

LOS ANGELES — Rep. Adam Schiff was the star of California’s marquee primary showdown to be the state’s next senator. Now, in a far less gripping general election, he’s embracing a new role — supporting player.

Comfortably leading in the polls over his Republican rival Steve Garvey, Schiff has spent much of the general election boosting other Democrats in tougher races, including California’s most competitive House contests and vulnerable Senate incumbents outside of his home state.

The Burbank congressmember has raised more than $7 million to date for Democratic candidates, including Kamala Harris’ presidential bid and various party committees, his team said. His schedule for the closing weeks of the campaign, shared exclusively with POLITICO, includes a barnstorming tour of California’s swing House districts and at least six out-of-state jaunts for events with Democrats in the country’s toss-up Senate races.

Schiff’s ability to share the political spotlight underscores the luxury of running as a Democrat against a Republican in deep-blue California. He spent tens of millions in the top-two primary on TV ads blaring about Garvey’s conservatism, ensuring GOP voters would consolidate around the former baseball star and sidestepping a potentially bruising fight in November with fellow Democratic Rep. Katie Porter.



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