{"id":363457,"date":"2026-06-16T23:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/363457\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T23:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:25:08","slug":"silicon-valley-spent-millions-on-californias-primaries-with-mixed-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/363457\/","title":{"rendered":"Silicon Valley Spent Millions on California’s Primaries with Mixed Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Silicon Valley spent big in California\u2019s primaries. Venture capitalists, artificial intelligence executives and tech billionaires poured tens of millions of dollars into races up and down the ballot, trying to influence who will regulate them. For the most part, their preferred candidates fell short, a sign of growing anti-tech sentiment among voters. However, tech-backed super PACs managed to secure some notable victories.<\/p>\n

KQED\u2019s Lesley McClurg is joined by Politico\u2019s Silicon Valley reporter Christine Mui to assess the impact of big tech\u2019s big spending.<\/p>\n

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