CA-GOV: Bernie Sanders group makes surprise endorsement in California gov. race [View all]

Tom Steyer’s resume sounds like a progressive’s worst nightmare: a private equity billionaire who invested in coal and private prisons now using his personal fortune to buy public office.

Yet Steyer has managed to win over far-left groups and rise to the top of the crowded pack of Democrats in this year’s governor’s race.

Steyer has consistently been leading among the Democratic candidates in polling for the past month, and the businessman has recently won several key endorsements, including from major climate and labor unions. The progressive group Our Revolution backed the businessman Monday, and former state Controller Betty Yee endorsed Steyer on Tuesday after she ended her own gubernatorial campaign.

Our Revolution, which was founded by Bernie Sanders and vehemently opposes billionaires’ involvement in politics, defended its endorsement by saying Steyer is working “to challenge the very system that benefits people like him.”



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