Former Dodgers first baseman and Republican California Senate candidate Steve Garvey spoke at length on Fox News Friday about his “common sense campaign” that has given him a lead in polls.

Garvey appeared on “The Ingraham Angle” to talk about his rise in the Senate race and his plans for the Golden State if elected. Fox host Laura Ingraham asked the former Dodgers baseball player if the state had reached a “tipping point” and asked him to fill the vacant seat once held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein. I asked Mr. Garvey if he had any chance of flipping it. (Related: New poll finds Steve Garvey ahead of Adam Schiff, Democrat Field in California's open Senate primary)

“Laura, it's a pleasure to be with you. We're finding a way,” Garvey said. “This is not California. This is not this country. You're right, I came here 50 years ago and I put on a Dodgers uniform. My dream came true and I stood on the starting line and was just in California. I spent 20 years entertaining people. [in] When this country was the heartbeat of America. Now it's not heart rate, but heart rate could be heart rate. Because we have to look people in the eye and talk to them directly.Don't talk derogatory to them like our professional politicians do [by] “California is fine,” I told them.you should be honored by it [here], we should pay more taxes. We should accept crime on the streets and high inflation. Oh look at the homeless, they're okay, they'll be gone again. ”

“What I'm doing is delivering a compassionate, common sense campaign and building consensus,” he continued. “But it's also based on civility and civility. We have to go back to that. We have to go back to we the people and tell Washington what to do. Now , they're listening to me. In the polls, I've gone from zero to 27 in less than five months, six points in some periods. And people are telling me They say, 'Steve, thank you for running and God bless you.'

Garvey, who is currently running against Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff and left-wing Reps. Katie Porter and Barbara Lee, has announced his candidacy for the Senate in October 2023, and plans to continue his life in the state. He pointed out that the quality of the products was “stagnant.”within new vote A poll conducted by the University of California, Berkeley Institute of Government/Los Angeles Times found Mr. Garvey leading among state voters with 27%, Mr. Schiff with 25%, Mr. Porter with 19% and Mr. Lee with 8%. It turned out that there was.

What's more, according to polling data, Mr. Garvey has risen nearly 14 points since January, while Mr. Schiff has only increased by 4 points, Mr. Porter has increased by 2 points and Mr. Lee has dropped by 1 point.