Tom Steyer Bought a ‘Grassroots Campaign’ for $10 Million

Tom Steyer Bought a ‘Grassroots Campaign’ for $10 Million: Billionaire Tom Steyer is poised to qualify for September’s Democratic primary debates, after buying a “grassroots” campaign for $10 million. Steyer used an exorbitantly expensive advertising blitz to assemble 130,000 small-dollar donors.