Silicon Valley tech executive announces U.S. Senate campaign
LA TimesTech executive Lexi Reese, right, seen attending a Vanity Fair cocktail party in San Francisco, announced Thursday that she is running for the U.S. Senate. Arguing that California needs a new type of representation in the nation’s capital, Silicon Valley executive Lexi Reese announced Thursday that she is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein. “I don’t have a definitive number because I think it depends on how this is going,” Reese said. “I think it’s really important to say this campaign is only going to be made possible by the support of tens of thousands and millions of Californians.” Politics Schiff reports major cash advantage over Porter and Lee in Senate race While Schiff and Porter each raised millions of dollars in the race for Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat, Schiff has tens of millions more cash in the bank. “Let’s really think about federal legislation through the eyes of the families that are going to be living with the consequences,” Reese said.