December 21, 2023: Will Californias Senate primary knock out two major Dems?

Published: Dec. 21, 2023, 10:50 a.m.

Deep blue California is shaping up to have one of the most consequential and hard-fought Senate races of the 2024 cycle \u2014 and that\u2019s before the general election takes shape. A new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll finds that Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat of Burbank, is in the driver\u2019s seat, with a wide lead heading into election year. But in the race for second place, two prominent Democrats \u2014 Reps. Katie Porter and Barbara Lee \u2014 are in a statistical dead heat with Republican Steve Garvey of L.A. Dodgers fame. Why does that matter? California political reporter Melanie Mason joins Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels to talk it through.