Steyer has spent seven times more than Trump on campaign ads

Billionaire presidential candidate Tom Steyer has spent more money on campaign advertisements than every other candidate for the White House in 2020, including seven times more than President Trump.

Steyer, a Democratic philanthropist who has made impeaching Trump his signature campaign issue, had funneled $30 million to TV and radio ads as of Monday, NBC News reported, citing data from Advertising Analytics. Trump and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) follow Steyer with $4 million and $2 million spending on ads, respectively. 

{mosads}The majority of Steyer’s ads have aired in early primary states, including $7.1 million spent in Iowa, $7 million in New Hampshire, $6.3 million in South Carolina and $5 million tin Nevada, according to NBC. He tops the list of most spending on ads in all four of those states.

Buttigieg is the runner-up in Iowa with $2 million, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) spent the second-most in New Hampshire at $514,000 and Trump’s reelection campaign sent $549,000 and $457,000 for ads in South Carolina and Nevada, respectively. 

The Steyer campaign did not immediately return a request for comment.

Steyer, who entered the 2020 primary relatively late after first declining to run, has qualified for the November Democratic debate, along with eight other candidates. He has lagged in the polls, remaining in single digits as candidates such as former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have built up double-digit support.