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Steyer Hires Longest-Serving SC House Lawmaker as Adviser

Associated Press

   COLUMBIA, S.C. - Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer has hired
   one of South Carolina's most influential black lawmakers as an adviser
   to his campaign as the billionaire businessman tries to make inroads in
   a state where black voters will play a dominant role in the Feb. 29
   primary.

   Steyer's campaign told The Associated Press on Wednesday that state
   Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter has signed on as a senior national adviser.
   Cobb-Hunter, who first took office in 1992, is the longest serving
   member of the South Carolina House and is the current president of the
   National Black Caucus of State Legislators.
   Cobb-Hunter has made a point in the past to note that she chooses not
   to endorse candidates during primaries. In an announcement of her hire,
   Cobb-Hunter said climate activist Steyer had the broadest appeal to
   voters across the country.
   "Steyer is building the most racially diverse coalition of voters who
   look like America as it is today," Cobb-Hunter said. "He is the only
   candidate who walks the walk and talks the talk."

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