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Billionaire climate activist and former presidential candidate Tom Steyer has won a key union endorsement that helps solidify his position as the party’s leading contender for California governor. This follows the dramatic collapse of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s campaign and his resignation from Congress Tuesday amid additional allegations of sexual assault.
The California Teachers Association, one of the state’s most powerful labor unions, delivered Steyer a major boost Tuesday evening by endorsing him after yanking its support from Swalwell. The CTA joined the Services Employees International Union and top California Democrats, including former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Adam Schiff, in rapidly withdrawing their support from Swalwell as reports emerged detailing allegations from a growing number of women accusing him of sexual misconduct.
The teachers’ endorsement is especially notable because the Service Employees International Union, another heavyweight in California politics, has not yet weighed in. The SEIU is devoting most of its energy and resources this year to leading a ballot initiative for a one-time wealth tax on billionaires, complicating a potential Steyer endorsement.
That ballot initiative would impose a one-time 5% levy on the net worth of individuals with a total net worth of $1 billion, and has already triggered an exodus of prominent billionaires from the state. Those announcing their departure from the state include Mark Zuckerberg, who relocated his primary residence to Florida, as well as Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel.
Even before the Swalwell scandal broke, Steyer, who has plowed more than $100 million of his personal fortune into a barrage of television ads promoting his candidacy, had pulled ahead of the former Fox News host Steve Hilton, the leading Republican candidate in the race – a shift that occurred as rumors of Swalwell’s misconduct were intensifying late last week before breaking on Friday. A SurveyUSA poll conducted April 8-10, 2026, for KGTV-TV and the San Diego Union-Tribune, found Swalwell’s support shifting to Steyer, who garnered 21% to GOP frontrunner Steve Hilton’s 18%. At the time, Swalwell polled at 9% and Republican Sheriff Chad Bianco tied with former........