Boy meets Congress: Ben Savage, star of 90s sitcom, to run for California seat

Actor is vying for Los Angeles district represented by Adam Schiff, who is competing for Dianne Feinstein’s US Senate post

Ben Savage, the star of the 1990s teen sitcom Boy Meets World, plans to run for the congressional seat in California currently held by Adam Schiff, who has joined the race to replace Dianne Feinstein.

The actor is running in the Los Angeles-area district represented by Schiff, a top Democrat and former House intelligence chair. Schiff announced in January that he would seek Feinstein’s Senate seat, joining a crowded field of candidates that includes congresswomen Katie Porter and Barbara Lee.