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California’s U.S. Senate Candidates Seek Support From Hollywood – And Set Up Potential Battle Over Democratic Loyalties


Hollywood Democrats again might be facing conflicting loyalties and affinities, this time the race to fill the seat occupied for more than 30 years by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. With the March…

Starting with Monday night’s first debate — sponsored by USC Dornsife, Fox 11 and Politico — that will see Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter and Barbara Lee and Republican Steve Garvey on the same stage, the coming weeks will see an accelerated schedule of events, advertising and fundraising. They include Mark Hamill, who sent off fundraising emails for Schiff, and Adam Scott, who posted a photo of himself and Elizabeth Banks with Porter last fall and the hashtag #KatiePorterForSenate. At the debate, were Schiff to try to engage Garvey, especially on Trump, it might be just the type of thing that gets TV replay — and leads more Republicans to turn out for the GOP candidate in March, Murphy noted.

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