Representative Brad Sherman of California, a 15th-term Democrat, and Larry Thompson, a Republican film producer, have advanced from a House primary to the general election, according to The Associated Press.
The result, in a crowded nonpartisan primary on Tuesday, ended a bitter generational clash between two Democrats in Southern California: Mr. Sherman, 71, and Jake Levine, a 42-year-old former Biden administration official from Brentwood who was eliminated after Tuesday’s race.
Mr. Levine had said that Mr. Sherman represented the “politics of yesterday,” and called for voters to throw him out of Washington.
That message apparently did not connect with voters in the district.
Mr. Sherman has described himself as a familiar face. He expressed confidence in the lead-up to the primary that Mr. Levine would not make it to November.
“I’m the guy that’s always at the concerts in the park, doing student town halls at every high school in the district,” Mr. Sherman, a resident of Sherman Oaks, said in a recent interview.
He used a baseball analogy to attack Mr. Levine, saying, “This is the guy from the stands, who never got a hit.”
Mr. Thompson, 81, a Republican and a resident of Malibu, is running as a centrist. “I’m not running against the Democrats, I’m running for Californians,” he said in an interview.
He appears to face an uphill battle to unseat Mr. Sherman. The district, California’s 32nd, leans heavily Democratic. It includes Malibu, Pacific Palisades and Simi Valley.
