Commentary: Tom Steyer courts Latinos in Santa Ana. A young voter wonders if it's just a show
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When a friend asked if Tom Steyer could stop by my wife Delilah’s downtown Santa Ana restaurant, I had to explain to her who he was.It’s not political apathy in my honey’s case.She’s just exhausted from running her small business, Alta Baja Market, in these inflationary times.
She’s one of the 16% of undecided voters in a recent California Democratic Party poll — a group that may determine which two candidates for governor face each other in the general election.Delilah agreed that Steyer could visit on Saturday after I told her that many of our friends support the billionaire’s progressive platform.
“Politics is your job, not mine,” she joked as we drove to Alta Baja and I named the other major candidates.The only ones she had heard of were Antonio Villaraigosa (“I liked him as mayor, but he needed to keep his pants on,” referring to his extramarital affairs) and Katie Porter (“Some of my workers like her, but I don’t know what she’s done”).
She might be the last person left in the Golden State who hasn’t seen any of Steyer’s television and YouTube ads.California Candidates for California governor face off in another televised debate hosted by L.A.
TV stations NBC4 and Telemundo 52 as voting begins in the June 2 primary.His campaign seems to have stalled in the polls even as he has spent more than $150 million of his own money amid doubts from some voters about whether they want a billionaire to lead the state.So a visit to Santa Ana, the heart of Latino Orange County, was a good move.
At Alta Baja, he could talk to my Mexican American wife and other blue-collar Latinos.When rival Xavier Becerra came to O.C.a few weeks ago, on the other hand, he appeared at a private fundraiser attended mostly by professional Latinos.“I just want someone who tells us where our taxes are going and treats this country like a business, and we’re not wasti...