Newsom returned the donation and Weiner gave it to charity. In 2009, Weiner donated $25,000 to the California gubernatorial campaign of Gavin Newsom, who was the Democratic mayor of San Francisco. After the election, some election posters depicting him were vandalized in an anti-Semitic manner. He lost to incumbent Democrat Kerry Mazzoni receiving 13.3% of the vote. His campaign positions included advocacy for Proposition 227, the ballot initiative eliminating bilingual education in public schools, and protection of old-growth forests. In June 1998, Weiner won the Republican primary election by five votes. In 1998, he ran as a Republican for the 6th district seat in the California State Assembly, receiving an endorsement from the president of the NAACP branch in Oakland, California.
He co-founded the Paul Revere Society with his father. In 2016, he was 494th on the Forbes list of the 500 richest Americans with an estimated worth of 3.4 billion dollars. Weiner is also the founder and CEO of his own company, which is now based in Purchase, New York. He is the creator of the Rockstar energy drink. He organized events for the Paul Revere Society and worked as a travel consultant.
Weiner graduated from Redwood High School in Larkspur, California and graduated from San Diego State University with a bachelor's degree in political science. Weiner is the son of Michael Weiner, better known as conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage, and Janet Weiner.
Russell Goldencloud Weiner (born February 15, 1970) is an American businessman and works in political fundraising.
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