Why some on the left are feeling warmly toward Tom Steyer and other very wealthy contenders.

Left activists who love Sen. Bernie Sanders have this year flocked to a surprising new champion: hedge fund billionaire Tom Steyer.

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• Tom Steyer, JB Pritzker, Ro Khanna, and Saikat Chakrabarti are all very wealthy candidates or politicians who have been surprisingly successful at winning praise from the left, given the general suspicion of billionaires and fear of big money in politics.
• Each has a different story of how, exactly, they built these bridges — Steyer is making big promise, Pritzker pushed through a progressive governance agenda, and Khanna and Chakrabarti have longtime ties to Bernie Sanders-world.
• But the commonality is that progressive activists are optimistic these candidates will feel more beholden to them — and less beholden to the traditional Democratic establishment and business interests.

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