article_snippet: The donors most coveted now are billionaires with a 'B,' those [who] can stroke seven-, eight-figure checks and the year of the bundlers who can raise a few hundred thousand dollars is seemingly passe.
article_snippet: The states are blue, but the money chase is bipartisan .
article_snippet: It's not really a risk to say California, Oregon and Washington will go blue --Democratic
article_snippet: So why, then, are many Republican hopefuls heading West, especially to Silicon Valley?
article_snippet: Obama dominated high-tech fundraising in 2008 and 2012.
article_snippet: Obama's hoping to tap into the libertarian vein of some of the Silicon Valley money.
article_snippet: Jeb Bush has also been meeting with tech executives.
article_snippet: It's not clear who's going capture this new and growing source of wealth for elections that are supposed to cost over $1 billion on each side, but one thing's sure.
highlights_snippet: Rand Paul, Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton compete for Silicon Valley cash .
  