{"id":23736,"date":"2026-06-30T15:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/silicon-valley-donations-make-colorado-democratic-primary-one-of-states-most-expensive\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:37:14","slug":"silicon-valley-donations-make-colorado-democratic-primary-one-of-states-most-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/silicon-valley-donations-make-colorado-democratic-primary-one-of-states-most-expensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Silicon Valley donations make Colorado Democratic primary one of state\u2019s most expensive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manny Rutinel\u2019s House campaign draws millions from big tech as pro- and anti-AI factions spar over regulation<\/p>\n<p>Political groups funded by top tech executives have been homing in on one local race in Colorado, as the state\u2019s Democratic primary vote gets under way on Tuesday. Democrat Manny Rutinel, who\u2019s running in the competitive eighth congressional district for a seat in the House, has seen his campaign boosted with at least $2m in donations from committees led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and crypto billionaire Chris Larsen.<\/p>\n<p>Rutinel is a progressive candidate running against former state representative and centrist Democrat Shannon Bird. During his campaign, he has focused on his Latino heritage and centered his platform around affordability and regulating Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jun\/30\/silicon-valley-donations-colorado-democratic-primary\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9c81b1f3b6bc9d1a70c758daeccd7e5b6922a7c7\/499_0_2501_2000\/master\/2501.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=00bfb621fd872f58392e8935f53a175d\" title=\"Silicon Valley donations make Colorado Democratic primary one of state\u2019s most expensive\" \/>Manny Rutinel\u2019s House campaign draws millions from big tech as pro- and anti-AI factions spar over regulation<br \/>\nPolitical groups funded by top tech executives have been homing in on one local race in Colorado, as the state\u2019s Democratic primary vote gets under way on Tuesday. Democrat Manny Rutinel, who\u2019s running in the competitive eighth congressional district for a seat in the House, has seen his campaign boosted with at least $2m in donations from committees led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and crypto billionaire Chris Larsen.<br \/>\nRutinel is a progressive candidate running against former state representative and centrist Democrat Shannon Bird. During his campaign, he has focused on his Latino heritage and centered his platform around affordability and regulating Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manny Rutinel\u2019s House campaign draws millions from big tech as pro- and anti-AI factions spar over regulation Political groups funded by top tech executives have been homing in on one local race in Colorado, as the state\u2019s Democratic primary vote gets under way on Tuesday. Democrat Manny Rutinel, who\u2019s running in the competitive eighth congressional &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/silicon-valley-donations-make-colorado-democratic-primary-one-of-states-most-expensive\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Silicon Valley donations make Colorado Democratic primary one of state\u2019s most expensive<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23736"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}