Tag: Tom Steyer

Mitch PerryMarch 7, 2018
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NextGen America intends to spend as much as $3.5 million to register, engage and turn out young voters across the state of Florida. With an emphasis on the gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races, the environmental advocacy nonprofit and political action committee created by San Francisco philanthropist Tom Steyer announced Wednesday it will also focus on key congressional districts […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 8, 2018
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Billionaire philanthropist Tom Steyer is nothing if not ambitious. Steyer, a Democratic mega-donor and environmental activist, announced Monday the launch of the most extensive youth-organizing program in American history, with a commitment to spend $30 million in at least ten states, including Florida, this fall ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. “Today, we’re putting Donald Trump and the entire GOP on […]

Mitch PerryNovember 9, 2017
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To attack Gov. Rick Scott as a so-called climate change denier, Tom Steyer‘s NextGenClimate PAC spent nearly $20 million in ads three years ago. It wasn’t enough, obviously. The Republican incumbent narrowly defeated Charlie Crist, and Scott is now seriously eyeing a run at Bill Nelson‘s U.S. Senate seat in 2018. Steyer, a San Francisco-based environmental activist, is now poised to […]

Peter SchorschNovember 9, 2017
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There are three critical “T’s” of political campaigns: timing, temperature and tone. Mary Barzee Flores hit all three when she called for the impeachment of Donald Trump. The former circuit judge and current candidate in Miami’s “clown car” Democratic primary in Florida’s 27th Congressional District also urged fellow Democrats to run on the issue in […]

Mitch PerryNovember 1, 2017
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Liberal philanthropist and potential political candidate Tom Steyer announced Wednesday the creation of a nationwide program to identify, train and recruit naturalized immigrants, DREAMERS and newly-arrived Puerto Ricans to run for political office in 2018. Steyer’s NextGen America will team up with Latino Victory Fund on what is being called the American Dream Project. It will initially […]

Mitch PerryNovember 3, 2016
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Tampa City Council members Mike Suarez and Charlie Miranda took time out Wednesday to praise how Tampa has always been a beacon for immigrants, and how Donald Trump’s incendiary rhetoric on Latinos threatens what Ronald Reagan once called “that city on a hill.” “Donald Trump does not understand what it’s like to be an American,” Suarez said, speaking at the Blind Tiger Cafe […]

Staff ReportsJuly 21, 2016
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Today, as Donald Trump prepares to accept the Republican presidential nomination, Floridians from Tampa to Miami joined NextGen Climate and For Florida’s Future to send a simple message: “Dump Trump.” The events held today in downtown Tampa, at Miami’s Freedom Tower, at Trump’s Doral Golf Course and Trump’s Sunny Isle Palace and International properties, were […]


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