The California U.S. Senate seating debate takes place tonight at 5 p.m

California political junkies will be watching Tuesday night’s debate between the two November ballot candidates vying to represent California in the U.S. Senate. The debate will take place at 5:00 p.m. Pacific time. The event will be hosted by the local ABC station in Los Angeles and streamed live on their website.

Baseball star-turned-politician Steve Garvey will face Rep. Adam Schiff, who gained national recognition by leading the impeachment trial of former President Donal Trump. Schiff was the narrow winner of the March primary, but California’s overwhelmingly Democratic electorate was split between Schiff and Reps. Katie Porter and Barbara Lee, who did not make it out of the March primary. Schiff is expected to win by a wide margin in November. Ballots will be mailed to registered voters across the state this week.

The candidates will appear on the ballot twice, for the six-year term representing California in the upper house of Congress through 2030, and separately for the final weeks of the term left vacant by the death of Senator Dianne Feinstein in September 2023. The seat was filled in October 2023 by Laphonza Butler, who was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom, but she chose not to run in the scheduled election.