Is Tom Steyer the progressive answer to the Koch brothers?

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5. It's a lengthy article at link.

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His Super Pac, NextGen America, with about 100 employees in its San Francisco headquarters and another 400 spread across with US, champions climate solutions, immigrant rights, social justice and healthcare by backing like-minded candidates in legislative and gubernatorial contests stretching from Arizona to New Hampshire, Michigan to Florida. It has spent $32m on youth organising, registration and turnout efforts this year.

Many dollars flow into low-profile races, so-called “down-ballot” elections, said Carolyn Fiddler, political editor of the Daily Kos. “It’s the less sexy side of the work he’s doing but it’s what I think will pay dividends in the long run.” Successful candidates tend to move on to higher office, she said. “And these folks will draw congressional lines in a few years. Down-ballot money is money well spent. The Republicans figured this out a long time ago.”

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