Our Revolution, Nation’s Largest Independent Grassroots Political Organization, Endorses Steyer

Organization Will Mobilize More Than 1 Million Members for Steyer’s Campaign

SAN FRANCISCO – Today, Our Revolution, America’s largest grassroots independent political organizing group, announced its endorsement of Tom Steyer for Governor of California, joining a surge of prominent endorsers getting behind Steyer’s campaign as early voting approaches. Our Revolution was founded as a continuation of Bernie Sanders’s historic 2016 presidential campaign and works to mobilize voters and elect progressive candidates across the country. In the coming months, it will mobilize its more than one million Californian members to organize and volunteer in support of Steyer’s candidacy.

“Tom Steyer understands that California’s affordability crisis is not inevitable — it’s the result of a political system shaped by concentrated wealth and corporate power at the expense of working people,” Joseph Geevarghese, Executive Director of Our Revolution said. “At a moment when too many in positions of privilege defend the status quo, Tom has taken a different path — using his platform to challenge the very system that benefits people like him. He has been clear about the root causes of what’s broken in our politics and is leaning into universal solutions like single-payer healthcare, taxing extreme wealth, and ending the outsized influence of corporations in our democracy. That’s the kind of leadership this moment demands.”

“Our Revolution has done the hard, essential work of organizing and empowering progressive voters for a decade,” Tom Steyer said. “Their work demonstrates the power and potential of forwarding a bold agenda that puts working people’s needs first, and reminds us that voters are enthusiastic about unabashedly progressive policy. I’m honored to receive Our Revolution’s endorsement, and as Governor, I’ll work tirelessly to realize our shared vision of a California that works for working people.”

Steyer is running on a progressive platform anchored in lowering costs for working Californians by closing tax loopholes for corporations and billionaires, building affordable housing, delivering single-payer health care, and breaking up utility monopolies.

Our Revolution joins a long list of elected officials, grassroots organizers, and unions who stand with Steyer. See the full list of endorsers here.

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