Steve Garvey Outraises Adam Schiff By $1.2 Million in Q2 2024

New Federal Election Committee (FEC) report filings unveiled on this week have shown that former baseball star Steve Garvey (R) outraised Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) in U.S. Senate election funding between April and June, with Garvey netting $5.4 million and Schiff only getting $4.2 million.

Previous quarterly reports have had Schiff outraise not only Garvey, but all the other Senate candidates leading up to the primary in March. This was especially noticeable in the Q4 2023 filings when Schiff raised millions more and had more cash on hand than the other candidates combined. By the end of Q1 2024, with both Garvey and Schiff making it past the primary, Schiff had $4.8 million on hand while Garvey only had $1.6 million.

For both candidates, fundraising events in Q2 and Q3 would be crucial, as both of their campaigns are ramping up. While the latest polls show Schiff beating Garvey by double digit figures, they have also shown that Garvey hasn’t slipped. And with many recent events at the national level, such as Biden’s poor performance at the Presidential debate, growing calls for Biden to drop out of the race, and Trump’s assassination attempt, support down-ticket will likely trickle down in the upcoming polls.

However, Garvey’s campaign found growing support in another area on Tuesday – fundraising. According to FEC reports, the Garvey campaign managed to raise $5.4 million in Q2, with Schiff’s campaign only raising $4.2 million. This marks the first time in the race that Garvey brought in more than Schiff.

“U.S. Senate candidate Steve Garvey outraised U.S. Senate candidate Adam Schiff by $1.2 million in the second quarter of 2024,” tweeted Garvey. “Garvey raised $5.4 million to Schiff’s $4.2 million from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024, according to public Federal Elections Commission filings. Over 110,000 individuals contributed to Garvey’s campaign since he announced it on Oct. 10, 2023, with 67,000 individuals in the second quarter of 2024 alone.”

🚨BREAKING: STEVE GARVEY OUTRAISES ADAM SCHIFF🚨

U.S. Senate candidate Steve Garvey outraised U.S. Senate candidate Adam Schiff by $1.2 million in the second quarter of 2024.

Garvey raised $5.44 million to Schiff's $4.2 million from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024, according to…

— Steve Garvey (@SteveyGarvey6) July 16, 2024

In a statement, Garvey added that “Californians are tired of the status quo. They are tired of the division, they are tired of Washington, D.C., not working together, they are tired of Adam Schiff representing his party bosses rather than them, and now they are speaking up with their checkbooks. From day one, voters and donors alike have resonated with my message, that I am running for all of the people with an agenda of building consensus and legislating with common sense and compassion. I appreciate every dollar contributed to our mission of bringing civility and leadership back to Washington, D.C.”

While Schiff’s campaign didn’t respond to Garvey as of late Wednesday, supporters noted that Schiff still had a massive lead in polling, as well as more overall cash on hand. According to the filings, Schiff currently has $6.4 million cash on hand compared to Garvey’s $3.3 million. Despite this, many political watchers said that Schiff should be concerned going further into the summer.

“It may be a simple outraising of funds, but that is also still a victory,” explained LA-based pollster Angie Friedman to the Globe on Wednesday. “Not many recent GOP Senate candidates in California can claim that. More to it, Schiff just broke away from Biden by saying he should drop out for another candidate. A lot of his backers will not like that. So donations and support is going to suffer.

“Garvey needs to play it smart, but luckily for the GOP, they have had numerous events happen since late June that have brought in money and support. Trump surviving the assassination attempt brought in a flood of money for not only his campaign, but GOP campaigns across the country. That was something no one saw coming and his fist pump already proving to being the defiant moment of the election season. For Schiff, the Biden thing is a gamble, and we don’t know if it will pay off.”

Q3 earnings are expected to be reported in early October.