Silicon Valley spent $25 million on a California governor candidate. He is polling at 4 per cent

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Silicon Valley has spent more than 25 million dollars backing San Jose mayor Matt Mahan for California governor, with donors including Sergey Brin, Reed Hastings, and Steve Huffman, but he is polling at four per cent with the June 2 primary less than four weeks away. The campaign is part of the tech industry’s broader push to reshape California politics, including a proposed 500 million dollar endowment and opposition to a billionaire wealth tax ballot measure.

Silicon Valley has spent more than 25 million dollars trying to make one of its own the next governor of California. The candidate is polling at four per cent. The June 2 primaryis less than four weeks away. And the most instructive thing about the campaign of Matt Mahan, the 43-year-old mayor of San Jose who entered the race in January backed by Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings, Reddit...

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