LaNiece Jones first met Vice President Kamala Harris in the 1990s, when they were chapter members of Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA). The BWOPA executive director and chief operating officer said Harris always had a certain spark about her. “She was very focused and very determined and thoughtful about her work… and conscientious...
Silicon Valley congressional candidates clash on poll results
Two new polls in one of the Bay Area’s hottest congressional races favor San Jose’s former mayor over a Silicon Valley state lawmaker. But both campaigns differ on how close the race really is. Poll findings released by Assemblymember Evan Low’s campaign on Monday cast the race as a “dead heat” — putting Sam Liccardo...
Silicon Valley state candidates almost even in donations
Thousands of dollars are backing two longtime Sacramento insiders, who have stepped into the limelight in a race to represent Silicon Valley in the California Legislature. Patrick Ahrens and Tara Sreekrishnan are vying to represent State Assembly District 26. The candidates’ financials through June 30 show Sreekrishnan has more than $20,000 more cash on hand than...
Santa Clara County candidates fill their campaign war chests
The race for Santa Clara County’s most powerful governing body has candidates pulling in hundreds of thousands of dollars to represent San Jose and the West Valley on the Board of Supervisors. While District 2 candidate Madison Nguyen has raised more money than Betty Duong since February — pulling in $205,000 in contributions to Duong’s...
Follow the money: Silicon Valley’s 2024 general election
Candidates have raised millions of dollars across many contentious races to represent Silicon Valley, on national, state and local stages. The most anticipated race is in Congress, for who will represent Congressional District 16 following Rep. Anna Eshoo’s retirement. After a crowded March primary election, former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo came out on top,...
Silicon Valley lawmaker running for Congress doesn’t live in his district
Assemblymember Evan Low is living outside his state legislative district in Campbell, raising questions about whether the lawmaker — and now congressional candidate — has turned his back on the people he was elected to serve. Campaign finance and voter registration records reviewed by San José Spotlight link Low to a condo on Campisi Way...
Silicon Valley campaign contributions expose financial loophole
Money pouring into a tight Silicon Valley congressional race is drawing attention to a loophole in campaign finance rules that obscures the influence of special interests. Three political action committees — Equality PAC, Equality California Federal PAC and Voter Protection Project — have spent a combined $221,233 in independent expenses to support Assemblymember Evan Low in...
Silicon Valley Democrats rally around Kamala Harris after Biden drops out
President Joe Biden’s stunning decision to drop out of the presidential race Sunday has put the Bay Area’s own Kamala Harris at the forefront of the country’s most critical race this November. Silicon Valley leaders on both sides of the aisle saw it coming. Biden had faced intensifying pressure in the last few weeks to...
What Silicon Valley DNC delegates say about Biden
Most of Silicon Valley’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention who backed President Joe Biden are now on board with fresh leadership from the party. Days before Biden withdrew from the race Sunday amid intensifying calls for him to step aside, most delegates stood staunchly behind him. Some local Democrats wished they had a better...
Silicon Valley candidates backed by Vietnamese American heavyweights
The FBI probe into a Bay Area recycling hauler — and the showdown between its owner and another influential Vietnamese figure — has sent a ripple through one of Santa Clara County’s hottest elections. It’s also revealing how two of Silicon Valley’s most powerful Vietnamese figures are backing competing Vietnamese American political candidates in a...