Former MLB Legend Announces U.S. Senate Run

One former MLB player is swinging for the fences.

Former MLB star Steve Garvey who helped the Los Angeles Dodgers win the 1981 World Series has announced he’s running for the U.S. Senate.

Garvey on Tuesday announced he’s running for U.S. Senate race as a Republican and is hoping to win the seat of the late Dianne Feinstein.

In a statement Garvey shared “We need fresh voices; we need new ideas. We need people who are going to be exactly that: for the people.”

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Per NBC News:

Steve Garvey is known for his plays on the field, but now he’s making a play at politics.

Garvey, 74, a former National League MVP who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres, is jumping into California’s crowded U.S. Senate race as a Republican, hoping to win the seat the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein occupied for more than three decades.

“We need fresh voices; we need new ideas. We need people who are going to be exactly that: for the people,” Garvey, who played first base for the Dodgers and the San Diego Padres through the 1970s and the 1980s, said in an interview. “Simply, I’m running for all the people — the things that affect the daily lives of people in California.”

Garvey said he decided to run because of his frustration with the current state of politics. He said “family issues” — including the economy and inflation, crime and education — are the focus of his campaign.

“Many people know me; they know my name,” he said. “I think people will believe in me, and they’ll feel that their voice becomes my voice and I’ll go to bat for them every day.”

Garvey is the highest-profile Republican to enter the race, but even with his star power, he faces an uphill battle. In California, Democratic voters outnumber Republicans by about 2-to-1, and a Republican has not won a U.S. Senate race since 1988.

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Check out what Fox News shared:

Steve Garvey helped the Los Angeles Dodgers win the World Series in 1981 to snap a 16-year championship drought for one of baseball’s most storied franchises.

Garvey on Tuesday announced he is taking on a new challenge as he hopes to move his corner office from first base to Washington, D.C., in a campaign for U.S. Senate in California. The one-time National League MVP played for the Dodgers for 14 years and another five for the San Diego Padres from 1969 to 1987 and knows the Golden State like the back of his hand.

He told Fox News Digital in a recent interview he had been asked by Republicans and Democrats whether he would consider running for office and never thought it was the right time – until now.

“I like to think of myself as a concerned citizen. I started seeing a severe dysfunction in Washington. Career politicians were focusing on the business of politics and not the people,” Garvey said. “And I decided if there isn’t a voice in California, then I should take a few months and see if there’s a pathway for Steve Garvey to run for the U.S. Senate.”

Garvey, 74, said he’s talked to Californians up and down the state and that they’d tell him it was refreshing for him to ask their opinions on the state instead of getting told what’s good for them.