The deep pockets of the Silicon Valley tech giants and venture capitalists continue to play a major role in this historical presidential election.
While vice presidential hopeful JD Vance is scheduled to be in the Bay Area next week for a fundraiser, political leaders say Republicans are taking a bigger piece of the pie from Silicon Valley’s donor elites.
Vance is no stranger to the Silicon Valley after building an investment firm in the region and hobnobbing with some of the area’s wealthiest conservatives. And GOP leaders said their reach is growing.
“There’s a lot of shifting sands here on how entrepreneurs and venture capitalists see the Republican party,” said John Dennis, San Francisco Republican Party chairman.
Senator JD Vance formally accepted the GOP vice president nomination on Wednesday at the Republican National Convention.
In a recent Silicon Valley fundraiser, former President Donald Trump raised an estimated $12 million.
Dennis …