Tom Steyer: How Tom Steyer's spending spree could reshape South Carolina …

2 candidate in ad spending in South Carolina as of Tuesday: former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, at just $1.4 million.

In addition, Steyer’s South Carolina staffers now number 102, more than twice the 44 people Biden’s camp says it now employs in the Palmetto State.

“I think Nevada and South Carolina will be a very good test of that, and I look forward to that test.”

Biden also views South Carolina as a crucial springboard, following disappointing fourth- and fifth-place results in Iowa and New Hampshire, respectively.

Controversial movesFor all the attention Steyer is getting in South Carolina, he remains a long shot for the nomination.