(Updated with more results & Super Tuesday details) The Congressman from Hollywood is one big step closer to becoming the Golden State’s junior Senator and saw up-close this Super Tuesday some of the visceral challenges Democrats face from their own base.
In the double header that is California’s primary this Super Tuesday, Adam Schiff secured the top spot with just under 40% of the vote in.
NBC News and the Associated Press called it for Schiff just over 30 minutes after the polls closed in the nation’s most populous state at 8 pm PT.
Not that night was all balloon drops and victory dances for the veteran Congressman. Dozens of protesters chanting “ceasefire now” over the worsening situation in Gaza made it near impossible for Schiff to make it though his speech to supporters at Avalon on LA’s Vine Street.
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