Californiagubernatorial hopeful Tom Steyeris bringing in operatives who helped propelsocialist Zohran Mamdanito New York City’s mayoralty, according to a report.
Steyer, the former hedge fund manager and prominent Democratic donor who waged a failed bid for the party’s nomination for president in 2020, is using the services of Fight Agency, a far-left political consultancy.
The firm is run by veterans of prior campaigns including those of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.).
Rebecca Katz, a partner at the firm, once ran the late Sen. Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) war room in the US Senate. She also helped guide communications strategy for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
In recent cycles, she was credited with helping engineer Fetterman’s 2022 Senate victory in Pennsylvania and Gallego’s 2024 Senate win in Arizona — two of the party’s strongest battleground over-performances.
Katz acknowledged she was initially wary of signing on with Steyer, given the firm’s stated focus on elevating working-class candidates.
“When we started Fight, our goal was to get more working-class candidates elected. He is not from the working class. I underestimated him, and I didn’t think he got it,”she told the news site The Bulwark.
Katz said she ultimately reversed course after hearing Steyer’s pitch on California’s economic challenges and his proposed remedies.
“Is he similar to some of our other clients? No, he is not. But does he understand the problem, and does he have real solutions? One hundred f—king percent,” she said.
Katz said that Steyer is “as clear-eyed on the problems and challenges we have in America — and California in particular — [as] anyone out there.”
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