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Jerry Brown Declares California Fiscal Emergency While Meg Whitman Is Named to HP Board
By David Knowles - AOL NewsTheir paths have diverged. Intense rivals in the 2010 race to become governor of the state of California, Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman spent today in markedly different ways. Gov. Brown declared a fiscal emergency for California, a procedural move that will reboot a 45-day clock that will allow him to put forth a new plan to help solve a nearly $27 billion budget shortfall, the Sacramento Bee reported. Brown's proposed budget is filled with big cuts to higher education and state services, and also calls for the revoking of cell phones from some government employees. Shortly before Brown made ...
Jerry Brown Sworn In as California's Governor, Again
By not in system - AOL NewsSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Democrat Jerry Brown has been sworn in as California's 39th governor, returning to the office he left 28 years ago but inheriting a more troubled state than the one he led then. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Jerry Brown, left, is sworn in Monday as the 39th governor of California by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, right, as his wife, Anne Gust Brown, center, looks on. Now 72, he took the oath of office after being introduced by his wife of five years, former Gap Inc. executive Anne Gust Brown, inside Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. Brown, who replaces ...
Campaign: Whitman Gave Illegal Job Unwittingly
By David Knowles - AOL News
(Sept. 29) -- Is Nicky Diaz Santillan a victim, a pawn or a perpetrator? The former housekeeper of California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman alleges mistreatment and an attempted cover-up of her illegal immigrant status. Whitman's campaign, however, says the candidate employed the woman for nine years under the impression she was a legal immigrant. Tom Hiltachk, one of Whitman's lawyers, told the Sacramento Bee that the domestic worker had been employed after presenting standard forms back in 2000 that claimed she was a legal resident. After the woman told Whitman in 2009 that she was ...
Meg Whitman Far From Only Politician With Housekeeper Troubles
By David Knowles - AOL News(Sept. 29) -- Good help (that won't come back and cause you trouble as you seek political office) is hard to find. Today, California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's former housekeeper, an undocumented worker, held a news conference to detail her mistreatment "as a longtime, Latina household employee" in the Republican nominee and former eBay CEO's home. The veracity of the claims remains uncertain. The housekeeper is represented by celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, who Whitman's campaign has called a "shameful manipulator." The scenario in which a prospective politician's former ...
Is Jerry Brown Married?
By Nik Bonovich - Politics DailyJerry Brown, the California attorney general and one-time governor of that state, is re-seeking the Golden State's governor's desk in a hotly contested race. The Democratic candidate is running against the Republican nominee, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in the 2010 mid-term elections, here are answers to some frequently-asked questions about Brown's pre-political life. Is Jerry Brown married? Yes. Who is Jerry Brown's wife? Jerry Brown's wife is Anne Gust. How old is Jerry Brown's wife? Anne Gust is 52 ...
Meg Whitman Gives Her Campaign Another $15M, Sets Spending Record
By David Knowles - AOL News(Sept. 15) -- Money may not be able to buy you love, but if you spend enough, it might be able to buy enough affection to secure a vote or two. After loaning her campaign another $15 million on Tuesday, California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman made history. The latest cash infusion from her own bank account means that she has now funneled $119 million of her own cash into her contest with Democrat Jerry Brown, setting a record for the most money that a candidate has ever personally ponied up in an attempt to attain public office, the Los Angeles Times reported. Sponsored ...
Meg Whitman Sets Primary Record, Spends $74 Per Vote
By David Knowles - Politics DailyWhat is the price of victory? Considering that billionaire Meg Whitman defeated rival billionaire Steve Poizner by nearly 40 percentage points on Tuesday to become the Republican nominee for governor in California, that question may be difficult to answer. What is certain, though, is that Whitman spent a record $81 million in the primary race, $71 million of it from her own personal fortune. Given that Whitman received 1,101,528 votes, that means she spent approximately $74 per vote. One wonders what the dollar to vote ratio will be for the general election in which Whitman will face ...
Jerry Brown Seeking Third Term as California Governor, 27 Years Later
By Richard C. Paddock - Politics DailySAN FRANCISCO – Jerry Brown, who was first elected governor of California when he was 36, wants another try at the job – 27 years after he left office. The enigmatic Brown, who will turn 72 in April, announced Tuesday that he is officially in the race to succeed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. If elected to serve a third term, Brown would become California's oldest governor. Brown, now the state's attorney general, continued to demonstrate his penchant for the unorthodox by announcing his entry into the race in a video posted on his Web site without the usual fanfare of campaign ...
Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman Running Even in California Governor Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican Meg Whitman, the former eBay chief executive, is running neck-and-neck with Attorney General Jerry Brown in a California gubernatorial matchup, with each drawing 43 percent of voters, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 15. Six percent prefer someone else and 8 percent are undecided. The margin of error is 4.5 points. If State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner managed to get the GOP nomination, Brown would be leading him 46 percent to 34 percent with 7 percent preferring another candidate and 13 percent undecided. The San Francisco Chronicle reported in late ...
Brown Leads Whitman in California Governor Match-Up
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFormer eBay CEO Meg Whitman is far outdistancing state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner for the GOP nomination for governor in California, but she trails state Attorney General (and former governor) Jerry Brown in a general election match-up, according to a Public Policy Institute of California conducted Jan. 12-19. Whitman leads Poizner 41 percent to 11 percent with 4 percent preferring someone else and 44 percent undecided. In the general election, Brown leads Whitman 41 percent to 36 percent with 23 percent undecided. The margin of error is 3 points. Follow Poll Watch on Twitter. ...
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