Pro-Trump GOP attorney Eric Early announced Tuesday he's running for Senate in California.
On his campaign website, Early says he will “stand-up to the Socialist woke interests that control Washington, DC fight to preserve and protect our Democracy, and fight for ordinary Californians who are being left behind.”
Early ran unsuccessfully for state attorney general in 2022 and 2018 and for Congress against Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) in 2020.
According to Fox News, Early received 16% of the vote in the 2022 primary and did not advance to the November runoff. In the 2018 contest, he received 14% of the vote and did not advance then either. In his 2020 congressional race, he lost in a landslide to Schiff, who announced his candidacy for Senate in January and is campaigning with the endorsement of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
“Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, and Barbara Lee have been in Congress for a combined 51 years. Judge them by the results of their actions and their votes — they put us in this mess,” Early said in a statement announcing his campaign.
The last Republican to win a statewide election in California was Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006.
Early is joining a field led by three prominent Democrat members of Congress: Rep. Katie Porter, Rep. Adam Schiff, and Rep. Barbara Lee.
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