Billionaire Tom Steyer has been a presidential candidate for only a little over a month, but he is far closer to making the September Democratic presidential primary debate than senators, governors, and lawmakers who have been campaigning since the early months of the Trump administration.

Though Steyer has condemned corporate money in politics, the hedge fund king has no problem spending large amounts of his own money to help secure his status in the field.

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