Meg Whitman

Republican Meg Whitman was eBay's president and CEO from 1998 to 2008. She is a first-time political candidate. In the 2008 presidential race, Whitman initially supported Mitt Romney, then served as national co-chair for John McCain's campaign.

Governor

CALIFORNIA

Republican

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Jerry Brown Declares California Fiscal Emergency While Meg Whitman Is Named to HP Board

By David Knowles

Their 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 ...

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Women to Watch (and Watch Out for) in 2011

By Bonnie Goldstein

Here at Politics Daily, we've been recalling strong women whose terms sadly ended in 2010. On the year's last weekend, the New York Times' annual year-end roundup, "The Lives They Lived," paid ...

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2010 News Quotes Quiz: Who Said It?

By not in system

2010 was such a bumpy ride that this quote epitomizes the year: "Heads down! Stay down!" That's what a flight attendant shouted over and over as an airliner made an emergency landing at New York's JFK ...

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2010 News Quotes Quiz: Who Said It? [ANSWERS]

By not in system

Here are the answers to the 2010 Quotes Quiz with details about who said what and why -- plus some information on the people who didn't say these things, but might have. 1. "There's no one who wants ...

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Year in Review: 13 Most Memorable Political Quotes of 2010

By Carl M. Cannon

The year now coming to a close was a rewarding one for collectors of political quotations. This is not the same thing as saying that most memorable lines of 2010 were uplifting. Many of the utterances ...

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all California races

Senate

Democrat

Barbara Boxer

incumbent

Republican

Carly Fiorina

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Governor

Democrat

Jerry Brown

Republican

Meg Whitman

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House

House Districts

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May 23, 2012

Romney Thinks HP CEO Would Have Been A Great Governor, Even Though Her Company Is Bleeding 27,000 Jobs

Source: Think Progress

Hewlett Packard has announced that they will be laying off 27,000 people ? eight percent of their staff? after losses of over a billion dollars in the last year.

May 20, 2012

Taking slice out of labor key to Gov. Jerry Brown's tax campaign

Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Demanding a 5 percent pay cut is a curious way to reward some of your strongest political allies.

May 18, 2012

Mitt Romney Offers Ill-Timed Praise For Meg Whitman

Source: The Huffington Post

The governor [Brown] is taking them in the wrong direction.

May 18, 2012

The Fine Art of Political Backstabbing

Source: Counterpunch

Jerry Brown, my California state's Democratic governor, is a crushing disappointment.