real democracy

Adriel believes that people should speak, not money. He is running for governor to channel the needs of our state, not because he’s been groomed for this.

Adriel is fighting disinformation from the Silicon Valley media companies by running false ads on their platforms to call attention to this widespread problem. It is time for democratic lawmaking instead of social media dictatorships.

direct action

joining the movement

Adriel will lift up the voices of organizers and candidates working to ensure that everyone is heard in 2020. Our campaign for 2022 Governor supports the #HomesGuarantee.

the politician

Taking on Trump, GOP, Zuckerberg, PG&E, and Newsom

Decades in political journalism, city government, and political technologyto create the world’s most effective political campaign.

At 18, Adriel spent two years running his community college newspaper before transferring to UC Berkeley, where he studied Rhetoric while working as an editor for a local newspaper chain.

Adriel was the first blogger at the San Francisco Examiner, where he served as Political Editor. He was the first person to use Twitter to run for Congress, obtained a private investigator license while working for the San Francisco City Attorney, and worked as a founding team member of NationBuilder and Pinpoint Predictive.

Adriel has the skills of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and the heart of a Berkeley activist. He’s been a popular speaker and podcaster on “Gov 2.0,” a pizza delivery man, a roofer, and still considers himself first a writer.

Adriel has helped hundreds of campaigns with their technology needs, co-founded one of the left’s most popular Facebook pages, and has written more than a hundred thousand tweets. His campaign for Governor is a roar from the belly of the technology beast.

If there is anything else you’d like to know, reach out. [email protected]

Adriel Hampton for California Governor | Privacy