Democracy Dies in DarknessBillionaire Tom Steyer’s campaign has paid thousands of dollars to influencers, some of whom did not disclose the payouts.May 15, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. EDTYesterday at 6:00 a.m. EDTGubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer visits the Chinatown section of San Francisco on May 2. (Sarahbeth Maney for The Post)The billionaire Tom Steyer seemed to have piqued the curiosity of online influencer Jason Chu.In a February video shared with his combined 130,000 followers across Instagram and TikTok, Chu ran through the California gubernatorial candidate’s hedge-fund career to assess if he was a “guy that woke up to the damage his company helped cause, and is now spending his money undoing it.”
California gubernatorial candidate under investigation over payments to influencers
Tom Steyer’s California gubernatorial campaign has paid thousands of dollars to influencers, some of whom did not disclose the payouts. State election regulators are investigating.
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