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Thomas F Steyer

Governor

Running in 2026: Governor (June 2) “Climate Advocate”

Form 700 statements

Statement	Filed	What it lists
2026 Candidate Governor	2026-03-06	4 investments, 178 businesses & trusts, 2 real property, 5 income

Findings

Context Campaign money · the statement

Put $220,605,302 of their own into the Governor campaign (nearly all of its money)

Itemized money to STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 through Cal-Access reports in 2025-2026: $221,097,500 in contributions, of which $220,605,302 from the candidate.

What to check

Context, not a problem: candidates may fund their own campaigns.
Loans can be repaid from later contributions (Cal-Access Schedule B).

Rule: Candidate's own money in the campaign

How this rule works

Campaign money: Governor

$221,097,500itemized, 459 contributions

$220,605,302from the candidate (incl. loans)

Plus $1,715,000 in 2 contributions reported within 24 hours since their latest full report, which ends 2026-06-30: not yet in the totals above (they'll move into them, not be added twice, when the next full report comes in).

Tom Steyer $1,715,000 2026-08-26

Where their outside money comes from

44%35%21%

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

Plus $220,605,302 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $218,991,509

TV and cable$175,173,611

Consultants$9,172,895

Internet and email$8,398,701

Literature and mailings$6,530,165

Meetings and appearances$5,286,883

Postage and delivery$4,512,523

Staff salaries$3,868,917

Polling$1,831,343

Radio$1,335,000

Office expenses$1,046,978

Largest payees: Debra schommer Media Group $86,272,538 TV and cable · Debra Schommer Media Group $83,040,371 TV and cable · Conexion Political LLC $10,323,500 Internet and email · Markham, LLC $4,668,515 Meetings and appearances · Group Project $4,482,480 Consultants · Payroll Data Processing $3,404,659 Staff salaries · United States Postal Service $3,076,529 Postage and delivery · Counsel Media, LLC $2,896,285 TV and cable

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
Tom Steyer Candidate · Steyer for Governor 2026 · San Francisco	Person	$220,605,301.80
Group Project Smyrna	Business/other	$158,680
SEIU California State Council Small Contributor Committee Sacramento	Small contributor cmte	$39,200
Service Employees International Union SEIU Local 2015 State PAC Los Angeles	Committee	$39,200
Nathaniel Simons Investor · Meritage Group LP · Berkeley	Person	$39,200
Alfred Clark President · Aberdeen, Inc. · Palm Beach	Person	$25,000
Dee Lawrence Director · Cool Effect, Inc. · Greenbrae	Person	$25,000
Richard Lawrence Director · High Tide Foundation · Greenbrae	Person	$25,000
Northern California Carpenters Regional Council POWER PAC Oakland	Committee	$16,763.07
Douglas Ogden Attorney · Self Employed · Mill Valley	Person	$10,250
United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund San Diego	Committee	$8,935.89
Katilyn Krieger Philanthropist · Self Employed · San Francisco	Person	$8,040
Martin Slusser Realtor · Magellan Value Partners · Los Angeles	Person	$5,900
Evolve Media Washington	Business/other	$5,162
Linda Ach Not Employed · Not Employed · San Francisco	Person	$5,000

Committees: STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.

Outside spending for and against them

$1,647,890spent supporting them

$36,863,663spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
California is Not for Sale, No on Steyer for Governor 2026, a Coalition of Housing Advocates, Labor and Small Business primary · latest report	against	$36,863,663
California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC PAC) primary · latest report	for	$1,282,427
United Domestic Workers of America Independent Expenditure PAC primary · latest report	for	$348,427
Courage California State PAC primary · latest report	for	$17,036

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
Tom Steyer Candidate, Steyer for Governor 2026 · San Francisco	$28,825,747	2
Nathaniel Simons Investor, Meritage Group LP · Berkeley	$39,200	7
SEIU California State Council Small Contributor Committee Labor union · Sacramento	$39,200	42
Service Employees International Union SEIU Local 2015 State PAC Labor union · Los Angeles	$39,200	18
Northern California Carpenters Regional Council POWER PAC Labor union · Sacramento	$16,763	15
Douglas Ogden Attorney, Self Employed · Mill Valley	$10,250	3
United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund Labor union · Sacramento	$8,936	52
Charla Gabert Not Employed, n/a · Alamo	$5,000	3
Paula Reynolds Retired, Not Employed · Mill Valley	$2,940	2
David Rusenko Managing Partner, Leap Forward Ventures · San Francisco	$2,500	5
Mark Heising Managing Director, Medley Partners · Atherton	$1,000	5
Francis De Rosa Energy Consultant, DeRosa Advisors · San Francisco	$1,000	2
Caryl Hart Attorney, Caryl Hart · Sebastopol	$1,000	4
Tim Disney Writer, Tim Disney · Encino	$1,000	7
Peter Barker Retired, Retired · Montecito	$1,000	2