Gallery of rogues
Meet the politicians money can buy.
The endorsed · Class of 2026
Sam Liccardo
(D) CA-16
San Jose, CA
San Jose, CA
Backed by Leading the Future for his reliably hands-off approach to the tech industry that made him mayor.
"San Jose's favorite son, now available in a PAC-funded congressional edition."
Josh Gottheimer
(D) NJ-5
Bergen County, NJ
Bergen County, NJ
A reliable opponent of AI safety legislation who has never met a tech industry ask he couldn't enthusiastically accommodate.
"Bipartisan in the streets, Silicon Valley's errand boy in the sheets."
Jimmy Gomez
(D) CA-34
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Endorsed despite representing a district where AI-driven displacement of workers is already a pressing concern.
"Los Angeles deserves better than a congressman sponsored by the people automating its jobs."
Suhas Subramanyam
(D) VA-10
Northern Virginia, VA
Northern Virginia, VA
Positioned as a "tech-friendly" Democrat — which in LTF's vocabulary means: will not ask inconvenient questions about AI safety.
"NoVa's contribution to the deregulation industrial complex."
Yvette Clarke
(D) NY-9
Central Brooklyn, NY
Central Brooklyn, NY
A surprising endorsee given her district's working-class base — but LTF's $2.86M opposing Alex Bores in NY-12 makes the calculus clear.
"Brooklyn didn't ask for a Silicon Valley-approved representative. They got one anyway."
Rob Menendez Jr.
(D) NJ-8
Hudson County, NJ
Hudson County, NJ
Endorsed for his willingness to carry water for the tech industry in a district where union workers are watching their industries get automated.
"The Menendez name: now available in a new, tech-sponsored flavor."
Val Hoyle
(D) OR-04
Eugene, OR
Eugene, OR
Think Big PAC spent $276K supporting Hoyle in OR-04 — one of the clearest examples of LTF's downstream money reaching congressional races.
"Eugene's representative, courtesy of a Reno-based PAC bankrolled by San Francisco billionaires."
Ritchie Torres
(D) NY-15
The Bronx, NY
The Bronx, NY
An outspoken opponent of AI safety legislation who has argued that regulation hurts innovation — a talking point that could have been written by a16z's PR team. It may have been.
"The Bronx has historically punched up. Torres prefers to punch down, on behalf of billionaires."
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Endorsement data sourced from The Hill and FEC independent expenditure filings. Spending figures from FEC.gov filings for committees C00916692 (American Mission) and C00923417 (Think Big). Quips are editorial. Everything else is on the record.
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