Former National League MVP Steve Garvey is the latest former athlete to move into politics.
Garvey finished second in the California open primary on Tuesday night, making him the Republican nominee for the United States Senate in November.
Democrat Adam Schiff was the top overall vote-getter, but it was a close race with Garvey finishing 27,040 votes behind.
Schiff and Garvey were the only two candidates on the ballot who received more than 1 million votes from the California electorate. The two will now square off in the general election on Nov. 5.
They are competing to fill the seat vacated by Dianne Feinstein, who died last September at 90 years old after serving three decades in the Senate.