As the country’s top Democratic leaders urge President Joe Biden to end his reelection campaign, the two men vying for an open congressional seat in Silicon Valley won’t say where they stand — dodging the question the whole country is asking. State Assemblymember Evan Low and former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, both running to...
Campaign filings reveal Silicon Valley recount donors
Tech CEOs and business leaders were the main sources of funding behind a contentious Silicon Valley congressional recount earlier this year. That’s according to recent campaign filings from Count the Vote, the super PAC that directly paid for the Congressional District 16 recount that sent Assemblymember Evan Low to a November runoff election with former...
Silicon Valley candidates spent hundreds of thousands on recount
New campaign finance filings show Assemblymember Evan Low significantly outspent his opponent, former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, on lawyers related to the April recount that solidified both their spots in the November runoff for Congressional District 16. While both candidates claim to have not been involved in the recount request, they received hundreds of...
Silicon Valley GOP leader says Trump shooting rallied RNC delegates
Moments after touching down in Wisconsin on Saturday for the Republican National Convention, Silicon Valley’s top GOP leader learned that a shooter attempted to gun down former President Donald Trump. “Everybody was really concerned. It was a pretty shocking and historic day,” Shane Patrick Connolly, chairman of the Santa Clara County Republican Party, told San...
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Embattled San Jose recycling hauler supported Liccardo’s interests
The web of influence wielded by the owners of San Jose’s primary recycling company — now under an FBI microscope — includes Silicon Valley’s former mayor turned congressional candidate. California Waste Solutions, the company at the center of an FBI raid last week that included company executives and Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, gave $10,000 in 2022 to...
‘Travesty of justice’: Silicon Valley GOP defends Trump after conviction
Silicon Valley’s top GOP leader says the region’s Republicans are standing by Donald Trump after he became the first U.S. president convicted of a crime — calling the felony convictions a “travesty of justice.” “The lawfare being waged against the former president and those who advised him or served in his administration by partisan Democrats...
Tale of two mayors: Michael Bloomberg boosts San Jose candidate
When New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg mounted a short-lived run for president in 2020, then-San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo became his campaign co-chair and first major California endorsement. The relationship between the two former mayors has spanned nearly a decade — from Liccardo’s early city hall days to Bloomberg now funding his path to Congress....
Ex-San Jose mayor hit with second federal elections complaint
A new federal elections complaint accuses congressional candidate and former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo of hiding his affiliation with a super PAC that paid for a controversial recount that narrowed his competition in the November runoff. The complaint filed by Bay Area attorney Brian O’Grady says the super PAC behind the recount — known...
Bloomberg helped fund Silicon Valley congressional recount
New financial disclosures are peeling back the curtain on who helped fund the recent Congressional District 16 recount — starting with former New York City Mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg. A super PAC called Neighbors for Results, which Bloomberg infused with $500,000 in February, paid $102,000 to another super PAC called Count the Vote between April...
Ex-San Jose mayor criticizes Democratic Party process after it endorses rival
After losing his party’s endorsement by a single vote, congressional candidate Sam Liccardo is taking aim at the California Democratic Party. A lifelong Democrat, Liccardo didn’t mince words criticizing the party’s process and accusing leaders of hijacking votes on Tuesday to endorse his opponent, Assemblymember Evan Low. He criticized Low’s connections in elite Democratic circles and the...