Former American professional baseball player Steve Garvey is a contender in the impending California United States Senate election of 2024. From 1969 to 1987, he was a first baseman in Major League Baseball with the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers.
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In the opening round of the 1968 MLB draft, Garvey was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers. On September 1, 1969, he made his Major League debut at age twenty.
On October 10, 2023, Garvey declared his intention to run as a Republican for the California Senate seat in 2024. In the partial term special election primary to take Laphonza Butler’s seat and close Dianne Feinstein’s vacancy, Garvey garnered the most votes.
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What is Steve Garvey famous for?
Garvey astounded the baseball world in 1974 when he was selected to start at first base for the National League as a write-in candidate. Garvey then became a yearly All-Star and helped the Dodgers to four NL pennants and one World Championship in 1981.
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