2020 hopeful Tom Steyer’s campaign denied that its Iowa political director offered local legislators campaign contributions in return for endorsing Steyer.
2020 presidential hopeful Tom Steyer’s campaign denied that its Iowa political director offered local legislators campaign contributions in return for endorsing Steyer, responding to a report from the Associated Press Thursday, and said the political director will keep his post on the campaign.
Steyer, who is a billionaire, donated nearly $40,000 to Iowa races and the Iowa Democratic Party in 2018, including to the failed bid for governor by Democrat Fred Hubbell and a successful bid by the current Iowa Secretary of State Deidre DeJear.His one endorsement in Iowa so far is former Iowa state Rep. Roger Thomas, who announced his support of Steyer in mid-October. Steyer’s latest financial disclosure filings give no indication that he directly gave Thomas any money.
Steyer has previously faced criticism from fellow Democratic presidential candidates who have said he’s buying his way into the presidential race, pouring his personal funds into flooding the airways with his ads. “But he didn’t offer me anything to endorse the Steyer campaign,” Thomas said. “If your heart is in the right place, you’ve gotta believe in what you believe in, not because someone dangles a dollar bill in front of you.
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