{"id":51072,"date":"2024-05-21T11:12:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T18:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/bloomberg-helped-fund-silicon-valley-congressional-recount\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T11:12:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T18:12:34","slug":"bloomberg-helped-fund-silicon-valley-congressional-recount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/bloomberg-helped-fund-silicon-valley-congressional-recount\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg helped fund Silicon Valley congressional recount"},"content":{"rendered":"
New financial disclosures are peeling back the curtain on who helped fund the\u00a0recent Congressional District 16 recount \u2014 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 12-17 \u2014 while Count the Vote was paying county elections officials to conduct a recount which may have bolstered frontrunner Sam Liccardo\u2019s prospects in the November runoff. Neighbors for Results spent nearly $458,000 in support of former San Jose Mayor Liccardo between January and March,…<\/p>\n