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The same California Senate seat will be on ballot four times in 2024. Here’s why

Former Los Angeles Dodgers MVP Steve Garvey is running for the open U.S. Senate seat in California as a Republican.

LOS ANGELES — In 2024, Californians will be asked to vote for a new U.S. senator. Then they’ll be asked to vote again. And then again. And then again.

Voters will see the Senate election twice on the March primary ballot: the regularly scheduled election for the six-year Senate term that begins in 2025, and a special election to select a replacement to serve out the remainder of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s term, which ends in January. In November, voters will be asked to choose between the top two candidates in both races.

The quadruple ballot could introduce a note of chaos into the competitive Senate primary, which already has a, a Los Angeles attorney, and .

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