California’s 2024 Primary Highlights: Prop. 1 Too Close to Call; Schiff, Garvey to Face Off in November

Californians are torn on Proposition 1—Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mental health funding overhaul.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announces a proposed 2024 ballot initiative to treat people at risk of homelessness and with mental illness and drug addiction across the state at Alvarado Hospital in San Diego on March 19, 2023. Courtesy of Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

California’s primary elections coincided with the largest contest so far in the 2024 presidential race on Super Tuesday, giving observers a first glimpse of the contentious national election year ahead.

Key race results as of Tuesday night included U.S. Representative Adam Schiff and former Los Angeles Dodgers star Steve Garvey heading to the general election in November to fight for Diane Feinstein’s old Senate seat.