Uber Bets on Three Competing Candidates for California Governor

Steve Hilton, Katie Porter and Eric SwalwellPhotographers: Leonard Ortiz/Orange County Register/Getty Images, Jeff Gritchen/Orange County Register/Getty Images, and Al Drago/Bloomberg

Uber Technologies Inc. is backing three different candidates in the race for governor of California, hedging its political bets on a state that’s a bellwether for policy and technology shifts.

The ride-sharing giant donated millions of dollars in the past week, filings show, contributing to the campaigns of Democratic rivals Eric Swalwell and Katie Porter as well as Republican Steve Hilton.