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Steve Garvey touts 'family values' in his Senate bid. Some of his kids tell another story

www.latimes.com Steve Garvey touts 'family values' in his Senate bid. Some of his kids tell another story

Two of Garvey's children say he has declined to meet with them, while his eldest daughter says he cut her and her children off without explanation.

Steve Garvey touts 'family values' in his Senate bid. Some of his kids tell another story

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Now, as the Republican front-runner in the race for a California U.S. Senate seat, Garvey has avoided detailed policy positions, instead relying on his name recognition and clean-cut image. His campaign website describes him as a “true role model,” he praised the party’s value of “personal responsibility” in a recent interview, and he called in an op-ed to “restore moral integrity in Congress.”

But the reality of Garvey’s life is more complex. The 75-year-old has struggled with debt, been repeatedly sued, faced a bitter divorce, and got two women pregnant before quickly marrying a third woman, his current wife, in a scandal that briefly made him a national punchline in 1989. He pledged in interviews at the time to take “moral and financial responsibility” for the children.

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