In Santa Barbara, a ‘tech billionaire’ and candidate for Senator is taking aim at Tesla Motors

Dan O’Dowd, the chief executive of Green Hills Software running a self-funded campaign for California senate, has bought millions of dollars worth of TV ad space across the USA with one focus: deriding the autonomous vehicles produced by Elon Musk’s company

Dan O’Dowd, chief executive of Green Hills Software and California senate candidate

One of the most distinguishing features of the California senate campaign run by Dan O’Dowd, chief executive of Green Hills Software and self-described “tech billionaire”, is that many on-lookers are questioning whether he cares about winning at all.

The businessman, whose company designs software that is used in various vehicles, autonomous cars among them, is running on what he calls a “single-issue” platform. He told the Business Post that his campaign focus on policies to ...