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On Thursday morning, Steyer spoke to members of the casino workers’ Culinary Union, a Latino-majority labor group that’s considered one of the most coveted endorsements in Nevada Democratic politics.

“Whether you know him or not, you know him if you live in Las Vegas,” D. Taylor, a former Culinary Union president and current president of the union's national affiliate Unite Here, said as he introduced Steyer.

Taylor recounted how he saw a Steyer billboard, campaign flyer and television ad all within the last 24 hours.

Before the Culinary Union, whose members prize their health care, Steyer pledged to preserve private insurance while offering a public, government-run insurance option for Americans who want it. He also described his work over the years in California advocating for unions, calling for a $15 hourly minimum wage and overtime pay for farm workers. Several in the crowd responded “wow” and applauded.

Marc Morgan, a member of the union who works at a downtown Las Vegas casino, said he’d seen Steyer’s commercials but never knew much about him before seeing him speak Thursday.

He called Steyer “very passionate” and said the candidate’s yearslong call to remove Trump by impeachment was a plus.

“I’d never been in favor of Trump anyway, so Hallelujah to him,” Morgan said.