Friday, September 19, 2014

Four Senate Democratic candidates rake in climate-change cash

Running for office as the favorites of the climate-change movement has its advantages, starting with cash. The same four Senate Democratic candidates being bankrolled by San Francisco billionaire Tom Steyer’s NextGen Climate Action PAC were the beneficiaries of Wednesday’s 24-hour GreenStorm fundraising drive, coordinated by the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund. The one-day GreenStorm campaign blitz raised more than $250,000 for Democratic Sens. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado, along with Senate hopefuls Bruce Braley of Iowa and Rep. Gary Peters of Michigan. Mr. Steyer announced earlier this year that he would spend $100 million — including $50 million of his own money — to promote climate change as a campaign issue, then selected seven candidates to support, including the four Democrats. The other three candidates are Democrats running for governor... more

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