Feb 6, 2017 - Politics & Policy
Trump fan Peter Thiel isn't running for governor, spokesman says
J. Scott Applewhite / AP
"Peter is not running for governor." ā Peter Thiel's spokesman, Jeremiah Hall
Backgrounder: Politico reported last month that tech investor and Donald Trump supporter Thiel was weighing a run for governor of California in 2018. Then, on Monday, a federal filing surfaced for a political action committee called "Draft Peter Thiel for Governor." For now, though, the going response to this sort of chatter is that he isn't pursuing a bid. The denial was first issued to Forbes.