Billionaire Tom Steyer pours another $1 million into helping the Democrats win Virginia
NextGen America, the liberal advocacy group Steyer founded in 2013, will target 11 mostly Republican-held districts with digital ads and other forms of outreach to voters between the ages of 18 and 35, with messages centered on gun safety, reproductive rights and climate change, the group announced Monday.
Virginia is one of four states with legislative races in 2017 but the only one where control of the state legislature is at stake. All 140 seats in the General Assembly are on the ballot in November, and the GOP holds a three-seat edge in the House (51 to 48) and a bare majority in the Senate (20 to 19), with one vacant seat in each chamber.
"This is a specific focus on the two chambers of the legislature, and each one of them can turn blue this year," Steyer said, referring to razor-thin majorities Republicans hold after Democrats made sweeping gains in 2017. "Obviously, that's something that would be incredibly important."
Steyer, a former hedge-fund owner turned environmentalist who has led calls for President Donald Trump's impeachment, said NextGen America also will participate in a "Give Green" campaign that will solicit donations nationwide for select Democratic candidates in Virginia.
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(Charlottesville Daily Progress)
