Schiff defeated former Major League baseball player Steve Garvey in the battle over a seat that Feinstein held for more than 30 years

Rep. Adam Schiff won the late Dianne Feinstein's U.S. Senate seat, defeating GOP challenger and former MLB player Steve Garvey, the AP reported Tuesday night.

Adam Schiff won the California U.S. Senate seat long held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday after a lopsided, low-key contest. The Los Angeles-area congressman, who rose to national prominence as the lead prosecutor in then-President Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial,