He Spent $558 Million. What a Waste.

Ms. Cottle writes about national politics for Opinion.

Say this for Tom Steyer: He is persistent. Many billionaires, after blowing $342 million on a failed presidential run in 2020, would abandon the idea of trying to buy themselves a high-profile political office for which they were unqualified. Not Mr. Steyer. He just dropped $216 million on a failed bid for California governor. His was the most expensive primary campaign in the state’s history.

Even by the standards of self-funded vanity campaigns by........

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