Silicon Valley is playing an outsized role in shaping politics … spending BIG on candidates who have a say over the laws that will govern the tech industry. For California’s PRIMARY earlier this month … A.I. executives and tech billionaires poured tens of millions of dollars into races up and down the ballot. And for the most part, their preferred candidates fell short ... but some tech-backed super PACs secured notable wins. Our podcast Political Breakdown explored all of this. KQED’s Lesley McClurg spoke with Christine Mui … Silicon Valley reporter for Politico.