{"id":5754,"date":"2026-04-18T22:32:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T22:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=5754"},"modified":"2026-04-18T22:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T22:32:51","slug":"conservative-ceo-of-gay-dating-app-grindr-makes-pick-for-california-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=5754","title":{"rendered":"Conservative CEO of gay dating app Grindr makes pick for California governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The chief executive of gay dating app Grindr, who once-described himself as a conservative, has made his choice in the California governor\u2019s race.<\/p>\n<p>Grindr CEO George Arison has endorsed moderate San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, and has cut a check for $7,000 to his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m supporting Matt Mahan,\u201d he told Politico. Mahan is one of several Democrats in a wide-open 2026 field also featuring former Rep. Katie Porter and billionaire Tom Steyer. Steve Hilton is the lead Republican with Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco an alternative option.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>George Arison speaks onstage during the \u201cAI, Identity, and the Future of Connection\u201d panel at the HumanX Conference on April 07, 2026 in San Francisco. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for HumanX Conference<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption> San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan speaks on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 in Sacramento. <span class=\"credit\">Paul Kitagaki Jr.\/ZUMA \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He also noted that he doesn\u2019t get involved in politics and doesn\u2019t want his company involved either. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn general, I don\u2019t get involved in politics. I don\u2019t want Grindr involved in politics at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arison stirred controversy in 2022 when he was named CEO of Grinder and tweets resurfaced where the CEO described himself as conservative. Those comments have since been deleted.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Other pasts tweets from him include saying former Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin should run for president, that he wished former Utah Sen. Mitt Romney was president instead of Donald Trump, and that Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is good at \u201cachieving what he wants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear if Arison is still conservative. But he doesn\u2019t like how California is being run, suggesting the state should have a smaller government or more services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like living here for professional reasons. I like living here for the environment,\u201d Arison said. \u201cBut I hate living here for the fact that we have a state government that is quite bigger than the one a decade ago that provides less services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grindr maintains a public policy team, he says, though they focus on users\u2019 needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of what that team does is focus on things that our users need, rather than company needs. Like ensuring that HIV preventative and treatment funding continues to be available, decriminalization of being gay around the world, protecting gay marriage whenever necessary. I do get involved in that work a lot, and I do sometimes give money to campaigns when it makes sense, but very seldom,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Grindr CEO George Arison has endorsed moderate San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, and has cut a check for $7,000 to his campaign. <span class=\"credit\">MediaNews Group via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Grindr maintains a public policy team, he says, though they focus on users\u2019 needs. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for 2023 Tribeca Festival<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He told Politico that the company plans to heavily-utilize artificial intelligence and that he approves of the Trump administration\u2019s use of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually think that the strategy the [Trump] administration came up with is pretty good. It should be to unleash the potential of AI as much as possible, [making it] as accessible and as advanced as it can be. And ensure that we beat China and other evil countries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; height:258px; background:#ff6b6b; display:grid; place-items:center;\">\r\n    <!-- JuicyAds v3.0 -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async src=\"https:\/\/poweredby.jads.co\/js\/jads.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins id=\"1114307\" data-width=\"908\" data-height=\"258\"><\/ins>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async>(adsbyjuicy = window.adsbyjuicy || []).push({'adzone':1114307});<\/script>\r\n<!--JuicyAds END-->\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u7b2c\u4e8c\u901a\u680f\uff1a728\u00d790 \u901a\u680f -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; 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