CA-GOV: Steyer (D) self-funding, spending dwarfs gubernatorial rivals [View all]

In California’s crowded gubernatorial race, one candidate has raised far more cash than any other.

Of the approximately two-dozen candidates currently running to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in November, new campaign filings show Tom Steyer far outpacing the competition in the early money race, as his campaign accounts for over half of the funds raised so far.

But there’s a caveat to his big advantage: It’s fueled almost entirely by his own money.

Steyer has begun the year with the biggest campaign war chest, by a wide margin. He has about $38.3 million, according to the most recent filings released Monday. That’s more than six times the next-largest total among candidates still in the race.




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