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Sorry, Silicon Valley, it isn’t that easy to buy an election
Billionaires who supported Matt Mahan and other long-shot candidates discovered that financial resources alone cannot guarantee a successful election strategy. The outcome highlighted the limitations of monetary influence in political campaigns.
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