https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/05/49ers-spending-in-santa-clara-elections-climbs-past-4-5-million-as-vote-tally-nears/ > As Election Day nears, the San Francisco 49ers have continued to add to the pile of cash they’ve poured into the Santa Clara City Council races. > Team owner Jed York had contributed a staggering $3.8 million as of Nov. 1 to independent expenditure committees supporting Anthony Becker, Karen Hardy and Raj Chahal’s campaigns, as well as to committees opposing Lisa Gillmor’s re-election run for Santa Clara mayor. Becker is running to unseat Gillmor, and Hardy and Chahal are seeking re-election.