Fox News mogul Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and CEO of News Corp, donated $1,500 to Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman’s political campaign this week, documents from the Secretary of State’s office show.

The timing of the donation is interesting: A FoxNews poll released this week, a day ahead of Murdoch’s Sept. 15 donation, put Whitman ahead of Democrat Jerry Brown by 6 points in the California governor’s race.

Fox News has been a favorite visiting spot for Whitman in the last year. Here’s a link to Whitman’s interview with Fox News host Bill Hemmer on Sept. 7.