Katie Porter calls California Senate primary rigged after losing to Adam Schiff

Senate candidate Katie Porter, D-Calif., on Wednesday urged that the California primary race was rigged by “an onslaught of billionaires” after losing to her Democratic opponent, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. 

The progressive Democrat didn’t win a single county, incomes a statewide whole of just below 14%. She completed practically twenty factors behind each Schiff and Republican candidate Steve Garvey and got here in third place in Orange County, which she has represented since 2019. 

L-R: Katie Porter and Adam Schiff (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

In a submit on X, previously referred to as Twitter, Porter mentioned her supporters “had the establishment running scared – withstanding 3 to 1 in TV spending and an onslaught of billionaires spending millions to rig this election.” 

She mentioned the outcomes demonstrated that Californians had been “hungry for leaders who break the mold, can’t be bought, and push for accountability in government and across our economy.” 

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“Special interests like politics as it is today because they control the politicians,” she mentioned. “As we’ve seen in this campaign, they spend millions to defeat someone who will dilute their influence and disrupt the status quo.” 

Former President Trump was ceaselessly criticized for throwing across the phrase “rigged” after losing the 2020 presidential election to President Biden. 

FILE: Rep. Katie Porter and Rep. Adam Schiff, left, and proper take part in a debate on stage with different democrats who’re working to succeed Sen. Feinstein at Westing Bonaventure Hotel on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023, in Los Angeles, CA. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times through Getty Images)

Fox News Digital has reached out to the marketing campaign workplaces of Porter and Schiff for added remark. Garvey declined to reply. 

Porter herself has acquired thousands and thousands of {dollars} from massive donors to increase her marketing campaign, regardless of touting her report of not accepting company PAC cash. She has reportedly accepted 1000’s of {dollars} in donations from massive Wall Street donors, in accordance to federal marketing campaign finance disclosures.

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California, by which Republicans are outnumbered by registered Democrats by about 2-to-1, places all candidates, no matter social gathering, on the identical primary poll and the 2 who get probably the most votes advance to the overall election. A Republican hasn’t gained a statewide race for any workplace in California since 2006.