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Would-Be Governor Steyer Pitches Santa Barbara Voters

By David McCalmont

Apr 22, 2026
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Sixty-eight-year-old Tom Steyer brought his newly energized campaign for governor to Santa Barbara last week to our Museum of Natural History.

The museum’s Fleischman Auditorium seemed fully occupied, and the entrance was roped off to prevent any standees inside. Unlike the Bob Dole rally at Fess Parker’s rotunda in 1996, there was no Santa Barbara Count…

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