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Matthew Mahan
Governor
Running in 2026: Governor (June 2) “Mayor, San Jose”
Form 700 statements
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Candidate Governor | 2026-03-03 | 2 income, 1 travel |
Findings
None.
Campaign money: Governor
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $11,870,061
Largest payees: TKO Buying LLC $5,352,238 Other (described) · Bedford Grove $847,056 Staff travel and meals · Sage Media Planning & Placement, Inc. $704,753 TV and cable · Storefront Political Media $649,118 Internet and email · TKO Political LLC $410,000 Consultants · Daily Consulting $281,037 Other (described) · Mojo Supermarket, LLC $250,000 Consultants · City of San Jose $239,802 Internet and email
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Irving Azoff Chief Executive Officer · The Azoff Co. · Los Angeles | Person | $78,400 |
| David Babulak Retired · N/A · Los Altos | Person | $78,400 |
| Lien Babulak Teacher · Santa Clara Unified School District · Los Altos | Person | $78,400 |
| David Baszucki Chief Executive Officer · Roblox · San Mateo | Person | $78,400 |
| Jan Baszucki Board President · Baszucki Group · San Mateo | Person | $78,400 |
| Diego Berdakin Co-Founder · Cloudkitchen · Los Angeles | Person | $78,400 |
| Christina R. Bird Retired · N/A · Palo Alto | Person | $78,400 |
| Jeffrey W. Bird Retired · N/A · Palo Alto | Person | $78,400 |
| Michelle Boyers Chief Executive Officer · Give Forward Foundation · Woodside | Person | $78,400 |
| Sergey Brin Co-Founder · Alphabet, Inc. · Mountain View | Person | $78,400 |
| April Buchheit Not Employed · N/A · Los Altos | Person | $78,400 |
| Paul Buchheit Partner · Standard Capital · Los Altos | Person | $78,400 |
| Blake H. Byers Managing Member · Byers Capital · Woodside | Person | $78,400 |
| Chad Byers Co-Founder · Susa Ventures · San Francisco | Person | $78,400 |
| Denise Byers Head of Marketing · Susa Ventures · San Francisco | Person | $78,400 |
Committees: Mahan for Governor 2026. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.
Outside spending for and against them
| Spender | Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| CALIFORNIA BACK TO BASICS SUPPORTING MATT MAHAN FOR GOVERNOR 2026 primary · latest report | for | $19,223,768 |
| DELIVER FOR CALIFORNIA - MATT MAHAN FOR GOVERNOR 2026 primary · latest report | for | $2,696,489 |
| Million More Voters, Sponsored by the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO primary · latest report | against | $509,175 |
| Opportunity PAC -- A coalition of teachers, health care workers, nurses, faculty members, school employees, and public and private labor organizations primary · latest report | against | $61,028 |
| THRIVE LOS ANGELES PAC primary · latest report | for | $20,000 |
| GrowSF Voter Guide primary · latest report | for | $15,442 |
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 | By party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Tan Chief Executive Officer, Y Combinator · San Francisco | $78,400 | 3 | |
| Nicholas Josefowitz Executive, Permit Power · San Francisco | $78,400 | 10 | |
| Jordan Kaplan Real Estate Executive, Douglas Emmett · Santa Monica | $78,400 | 2 | |
| Irving Azoff Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Azoff Company · Los Angeles | $78,400 | 4 | |
| David Baszucki Chief Executive Officer, Roblox · San Mateo | $78,400 | 2 | |
| Michelle Boyers Chief Executive Officer, Give Forward Foundation · Woodside | $78,400 | 7 | |
| Paul Buchheit Partner, Standard Capital · Los Altos | $78,400 | 2 | |
| Jeremy Liew Venture Capital Partner Consultant, Jeremy Liew · San Francisco | $78,400 | 2 | |
| Joe Lonsdale Managing Director, 8VC · Austin | $78,400 | 2 | |
| Andrew Mason Not Employed, N/A · Berkeley | $78,400 | 2 | |
| Scott David Cook Founder, Intuit · Woodside | $78,400 | 2 | |
| Helen Signe Ostby Retired, N/A · Woodside | $78,400 | 2 | |
| Rick Caruso Business Owner, Caruso · Los Angeles | $78,400 | 5 | |
| William E. Oberndorf Executive Chairman, Oberndorf Enterprises, LLC · San Francisco | $78,400 | 2 | |
| Anke Faber Not Employed, N/A · Chicago | $78,400 | 2 |