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Josh M Fryday

Lieutenant Governor

Running in 2026: Lieutenant Governor (June 2) “Governor's Cabinet Member”

Form 700 statements

Statement	Filed	What it lists
2026 Candidate Lieutenant Governor	2026-03-04	5 gifts

Findings

Context Campaign money · the statement

1 source on this statement also gave to their campaign

Listed here and among the campaign's contributors in Cal-Access: Mark Friedman ($19,600).

What to check

Context: a donor who is also an employer, client or gift-giver is public on both records.
Whether the official later acted on matters involving them (votes, contracts, recusals).

Gifts: Mark Friedman p.2

Rule: Campaign donors also on the statement

How this rule works

Campaign money: Lieutenant Governor

$3,968,598itemized, 3,014 contributions

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

Where their outside money comes from

94%

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders

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How it was spent: $3,952,029

Other (described)$1,626,159

TV and cable$700,970

Consultants$668,230

Returned contributions$455,602

Office expenses$179,644

Staff salaries$112,855

Legal and accounting$106,350

Polling$60,000

Filing and ballot fees$9,489

Internet and email$7,250

Largest payees: Sunny Day Strategies $1,527,956 Consultants · Canal Partners Media $700,970 TV and cable · Hilltop Public Solutions, LLC $204,944 Staff salaries · Sky Advisory Group $187,500 Consultants · Three Point Media $131,205 Office expenses · ActBlue $116,817 Office expenses · Shin Law Corporation $104,863 Legal and accounting · Rodriguez Strategies $79,379 Consultants

Payments on their full reports (Form 460 Schedule E) covering 2025–2026, by the FPPC's expense codes; a consultant's payments to others (ads, mail) show under the consultant.

Top contributors	Type	Total
Deborah Santana Retired · Retired · Sherman Oaks	Person	$19,800
James Abrams Retired · Retired · Highland Park	Person	$19,600
Wendy Abrams Retired · Retired · Highland Park	Person	$19,600
Building a Stronger Future for California PAC, Sponsored by Western States Regional Council of Carpenters Sacramento	Small contributor cmte	$19,600
Natalie Burtson Retired · Retired · Venice	Person	$19,600
California Teachers Association for Better Citizenship SCC Burlingame	Small contributor cmte	$19,600
Ronald Conway Investor · SV Angel, LLC · San Francisco	Person	$19,600
Marco DeGeorge Manager · Color Image Apparel · Santa Monica	Person	$19,600
Mark Friedman Developer · Fulcrum Property · Sacramento	Person	$19,600
Andrew Gass Attorney · Latham & Watkins LLP · San Francisco	Person	$19,600
Aileen Getty Philanthropist · Aileenn Getty · Reno	Person	$19,600
Richard Goldman Consultant · Richard Goldman · Belvedere Tiburon	Person	$19,600
Andrew Hauptman Chairman · Andell Holdings · Beverly Hills	Person	$19,600
Jeremy Hitchcock Retired · Retired · Manchester	Person	$19,600
Julia K. Banke Jackson Grounded.org · Founder · Geyserville	Person	$19,600

Committees: Josh Fryday for Lt. Governor 2026. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.

Outside spending for and against them

$1,805,064spent supporting them

$0spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
TGIF, Josh Fryday for Lt. Governor 2026 primary · latest report	for	$1,544,756
California Teachers Association Independent Expenditure Committee primary · latest report	for	$150,000
PACE of California School Employees Association Local, State, Federal Candidates (Fed PAC ID #C00480830) primary · latest report	for	$100,000
GrowSF Voter Guide primary · latest report	for	$10,308

Independent expenditures reported within 24 hours (Form 496), from 2025. The candidate doesn't control them.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
Deborah Santana Retired, Retired · Sherman Oaks	$19,800	2
Mark Friedman Developer, Fulcrum Property · Sacramento	$19,600	2
Katie Rodan Not Employed, Not Employed · Santa Monica	$19,600	2
PACE of California School Employees Association Local, State, Federal Candidates Labor union · Sacramento	$19,600	12
Ronald Conway Investor, SV Angel, LLC · San Francisco	$19,600	3
Mark Robinson Banker, Centerview · Kentfield	$19,600	5
Stephanie Robinson Investor, Stephanie Robinson · Kentfield	$19,600	4
Andrew Schwartzberg Retired, N/A · Pacific Palisades	$19,600	8
Jaime Schwartzberg Not Employed, n/a · Pacific Palisades	$19,600	7
Nathaniel Simons Investor, Meritage Group LP · Berkeley	$19,600	7
Singleton Schreiber, LLP Business · San Diego	$19,600	20
Andrew Hauptman Chairman, Andell Holdings, Inc. · Beverly Hills	$19,600	4
James Abrams Retired, Retired · Highland Park	$19,600	2
Wendy Abrams Not Employed, Not Employed · Highland Park	$19,600	3
Ann Mathieson Not Employed, Not Employed · Kentfield	$19,600	2