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Katie Porter, a Rising Star in Congress, Finds Herself Without Another Seat

LONG BEACH, Calif. — There were cocktails, and there were sliders. There were pop hits played by a DJ at The Bungalow, a midcentury-modern lounge in Long Beach, California, where Rep. Katie Porter had gathered supporters after more than a year of campaigning for a coveted Senate seat.

But there were no televisions.

The crowd — and Porter — had already guessed what election night had in store.

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Had there been screens blaring the news, supporters would have seen a Democratic rival, Rep. Adam Schiff, advance to California’s general election runoff in November. And shortly thereafter, they would have watched Steve Garvey, a Republican and former baseball player, take the other spot — in no small part because of a stratagem by Schiff that sidelined Porter at the earliest opportunity.

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