Dave Regan stands as California’s clearest election loser after SEIU burns tens of millions on a crushed billionaire tax
SEIU healthcare union boss Dave Regan poured tens of millions in member dues into a California billionaire tax that voters crushed, leaving his own future hanging in the balance.By the end of Tuesday night, California voters had rejected Proposition 40, the one-time tax on state billionaires, with almost 56% opposed. They crushed the companion measure, Proposition 44, by 82%, a 63-point drubbing for the labor-backed drive.
At the center of both losses sat Dave Regan, president of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West. His union and its committees spent tens of millions of members’ dues on the fight, only to watch the ballot campaign collapse under a wave of opposition that included fellow Democrats and some of the state’s largest progressive groups.
The California Post reported that the contest over three connected state ballot measures became a nearly $400 million war. Regan’s side lost the public argument and the money fight at the same time.
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