Former Los Angeles Dodgers star Steve Garvey swings for long shot US Senate win in California

Former baseball player Steve Garvey talks to reporters during a visit to the Skid Row area of Los Angeles on Jan. 11, 2024. The candidacy for the U.S. Senate of former California baseball star Garvey has brought a splash of celebrity to the race that has alarmed his Democratic rivals and tugged at the state's political gravity. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

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By Associated Press

January 25, 2024 at 5:01 AM UTC

Updated on

January 25, 2024 at 5:16 AM UTC

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Long-suffering California Republicans will see something on the March ballot that might shock them: a U.S. Senate candidate whose name they recognize.

The state's Republican Party has been in a decades-long tailspin in heavily Democratic California, where a GOP candidate hasn’t won a U.S. Senate race since 1988 and registered Democrats outnumber Republican voters by a staggering 2-to-1 margin.