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Hey, everyone from KQED in San Francisco.

This is Political Breakdown.

I'm Marisa Lagos.

And I'm Scott Shafer.

Today on The Breakdown, we continue our conversations with candidates in the handful of swing districts left in California after last year's redistricting wars.

From KQED in San Francisco, this is Political Breakdown.

I'm Marisa Lagos, here with Scott Shafer.

Today on the Breakdown, big tech money in a local legislative race.

KQED's Izzy Bloom will help us dig into the battle to represent part of the North Bay, and what it tells us about broader spending on politics by tech industry leaders.

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I'm Marisa Lagos, here with Scott Shafer and Laura Fitzgerald.

Laura has been reporting this week on numerous attempts by the Trump administration to seize voter data from the state of California.

As someone who watched Nancy Pelosi's rise from that raucous first election in 1987 to the power broker that she is today, I wanted to really take this moment to examine Nancy Pelosi's impact on the party she's devoted her entire life to.

Has her role as a fundraiser pushed the party away from its working class ideals, or has Pelosi kicked down the doors for a more progressive crop of voices in Congress? I'm Scott Shafer.

From KQED, this is The Speaker.

Today, the question of Nancy Pelosi's legacy in a moment of conflict.

And whatever comes next, well, that's a tough act to follow.

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It's hosted and reported by me, Scott Shafer.

Co-reported and produced by Ariella Markowitz.

I'm Marisa Lagos.

And I'm Scott Shafer.

Today on the Breakdown, a California district at the center of last year's partisan redistricting wars.

The first congressional district used to encompass the rural northeast corner of the state, a solidly red chunk in mostly blue California, but Democrats shifted it southwest when they redrew the congressional maps last year.

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Hi, I'm Scott Shafer.

I've been covering politics for nearly 30 years, especially here in San Francisco.

As a reporter, I've watched a lot of people rise from San Francisco into the national arena: Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, Dianne Feinstein.

It was impossible.

The Speaker is a production of KQED in San Francisco and distributed by NPR.

It's hosted and reported by me, Scott Shafer.

Co-reported and produced by Ariela Markowitz.

From KQED, this is The Speaker.

I'm Scott Shafer.

Today, how Pelosi responds to what she and many see as a fundamental threat to democracy, President Trump.

And with faith in the Democratic Party and public trust in US institutions at their lowest in decades, the shadow that hangs over her legacy, accusations of insider stock trading in Congress.

That's coming up next week on The Speaker.

The Speaker is a production of KQED in San Francisco and distributed by NPR.

It's hosted and reported by me, Scott Shafer.

It's reported and produced by Ariella Markowitz.

Hey everyone, from KQED in San Francisco, this is Political Breakdown.

I'm Scott Shafer.

And I'm Marisa Lagos.

Today on the Breakdown, Proposition 43 would raise the requirement for increasing special taxes placed on the ballot by citizens.

Our engineer is Chris Riley and our producer is Izzy Bloom.

I'm Marisa Lagos.

And I'm Scott Shafer.

Thanks for listening.