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How Tom Steyer's alliance with progressives vaulted him into the top tier of California's governor race

When the Bernie Sanders-aligned Our Revolution endorsed Tom Steyer in the unwieldy California governor’s race, the irony of a progressive group founded on an anti-billionaire ethos backing a multibillionaire wasn’t lost on its leader.“If you had asked me a year ago, ‘Oh, are you

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How Tom Steyer's alliance with progressives vaulted him into the top tier of California's governor raceWhen the Bernie Sanders-aligned Our Revolution endorsed Tom Steyer in the unwieldy California governor’s race, the irony of a progressive group founded on an anti-billionaire ethos backing a multibillionaire wasn’t lost on its leader.“If you had asked me a year ago, ‘Oh, are you
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