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Reed Hastings claws back $1 million after backing Matt Mahan for California governor
New York Post ^

Posted on 05/21/2026 9:19:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings appears to be back to scrolling on candidates in the California governor’s race.

A newly filed report for the committee “California Back to Basics Supporting Matt Mahan for Governor 2026” shows Hastings contributed $1 million to the pro-Mahan independent expenditure committee on May 15 — only to then have the money returned five days later on Wednesday. Only the two finalists in the June 2 primary election will advance to the November runoff.

A source close to the pro-Mahan committee told The Post that Hastings was part of a broader fundraising round to meet a goal, and it didn’t come to fruition so his money was returned. A second pro-Mahan committee, Deliver for California, has also reportedly shut down operations.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; sanjose
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Mahan is the least crazy leftist of the Democrats. But he can't get much support in polls. Just goes to show.
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