Silicon Valley director Lexi Reese, a Democrat, announced this on Thursday that she is considering applying for the

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seat becomes vacant upon retirement

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Senator Diana Feinstein.

“As a working mom, I’ve spent my career working in nonprofits, technology and financial services companies to create economic opportunities for women and small businesses. I want to leverage that expertise on behalf of working Californians to make life easier for everyone in our state Reese said in a press release. “Our great state is at a tipping point and I believe we need leaders with a different perspective to get us on track.”

Reese, 48, previously worked at Google, Facebook, American Express and other technology companies.

It’s unclear if Reese is wealthy enough to self-fund a campaign if she goes that route.

Representative Adam Schiff of Burbank, Katie Porter of Irvine, and Barbara Lee of Oakland are the top Democrats seeking the seat, while attorney Eric Early and veteran James Bradley are the most well-known Republicans. Former baseball legend Steve Garvey

also considering a run.

While some are more prominent than others, none

of the candidates who are officially in the race

are highly known statewide.

Reese, who did not respond to a request for comment, did not appear to have previously run for elected office. She has made a handful of small donations to the Democrats

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the failed governmental effort of former Texas Rep. Beto ORourke in 2022, President Biden’s winning campaign in 2020 and former South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg’s failed bid for the White House in 2020, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.

When

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chief operating officer at Gusto, a payroll provider, Reese outlined her guiding principles or blueprint in an article on the Silicon Valley startup website

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Reese’s best days, she wrote, include

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traveling around and meeting people who are smart, generous, kind and teach me something.

And, Reese wrote, if people want to get the best out of me,

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all my BS if I don’t do what I preach about leadership call me. It’s a real shame if my say/do ratio isn’t right.