California Democrat Adam Schiff won a U.S. Senate seat long held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The Los Angeles-area congressman defeated Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey.

California Democrat Adam Schiff won a U.S. Senate seat long held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The Los Angeles-area congressman defeated Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff won the California U.S. Senate seat long held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday after a lopsided, low-key contest. The Los Angeles-area congressman, who rose to national prominence as the lead prosecutor in then-President Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial, defeated Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey, who had tried to parlay his sports celebrity into a political upset.In a year when control of the Senate is in play, Democrats were favored to easily hold the seat in the liberal-leaning state where a Republican candidate hasn’t won a Senate race since 1988, when President Ronald Reagan was in the White House. Schiff held an edge for months in campaign financing and polling over Garvey.Still, the campaign represents a turning point in California politics, which was long dominated by Feinstein, former U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, former Gov. Jerry Brown and a handful of other veteran Democratic politicians. The result also means that California…