In the end, neither Meg Whitman nor Carly Fiorina could sell their conservative platforms in left-leaning California. –
High-profile business backgrounds, hundreds of millions of
dollars and a wave of voter discontent that swept dozens of Republicans into
national offices could not help Meg Whitman or Carly Fiorina capture the
gubernatorial or Senate seats they sought in California.
Both of the former high-tech…
In state primary races, ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina soundly defeated two opponents to win the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman garnered 64 percent of the vote in her bid for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. – Ex-high tech CEOs Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman, running primarily
on their records at Hewlett-Packard and eBay, respectively, are a step
closer to statewide office after winning GOP nominations in California
June 8.
Fiorina, who received endorsements from the likes of
former Intel CEO Craig Ba…
Former Alaska governor and one-time vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is backing Carly Fiorina, the ex-HP CEO, for the GOP U.S. Senate nomination. Palin praised Fiorinas business resume and conservative views, and said she was the Republicans best bet for unseating Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer.
– Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is getting the backing of Sarah Palin in her bid for a U.S. Senate seat in California.
In a statement released May 6, and further in comments on her Facebook page, Palin, the former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate, praised Fiorinas busine…
Former Intel CEO Craig Barrett says ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina, now running for the U.S. Senate, is being unfairly criticized for her time at the helm of the computer giant. In particular, Barrett says Fiorina’s controversial decision to merge Compaq with Hewlett-Packard laid the foundation for the success HP is having today.
– from former Intel chairman and CEO Craig
Barrett.
In an op-ed
column in the San Jose Mercury News April 4, Barrett defended Fiorina’s
tenure as CEO of Hewlett-Packard,
particularly her controversial decision to buy Compaq Computer for $25 billion
in 2002.
The move faced a lot of skepticism fr…
Former Intel CEO Craig Barrett said ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina, now running for the U.S. Senate, was being unfairly criticized for her time at the helm of the computer giant. In particular, Barrett said Fiorinas controversial decision to merge Compaq with HP laid the foundation for the success HP is having today.
– Carly Fiorina is getting some help in her bid for the GOP Senate nomination in California from former Intel chairman and CEO Craig Barrett.
In an op-ed column in the San Jose Mercury News April 4, Barrett defended Fiorinas tenure as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, particularly her controversial decision to…
Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina is finding little support from her old company in her bid to unseat Sen. Barbara Boxer. A week after an HP heir accused Fiorina of almost destroying the company, HPs PAC gave $10,000 to Boxers campaign. That was after Arianna Packard gave $4,200 to Fiorina GOP primary opponent Chuck DeVore.
– If Carly Fiorina is going to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Barbara
Boxer, D-Calif., shes apparently going to have to do it without the
support of some at Hewlett-Packard.
That could spell some difficulty for Fiorina,
who with no political record to speak of, outside of her role as a
proxy during S…
Ex-Congressman Tom Campbells decision to drop his bid for California governor and run for the Senate has given a boost to ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitmans gubernatorial campaign, but hurt former HP CEO Carly Fiorinas run for the Senate. Whitman has increased her lead in the race for the GOP nomination, while dropping Fiorina into second in the Senate race. The primary election in California is scheduled for June 8.
– Former California Congressman Tom Campbells decision Jan. 14 to
drop his candidacy for the states governors office and instead vie
for the U.S. Senate seat has changed the face of both races, according
to recent polls.
The move has impacted the campaigns of two former CEOs of major IT companies …
Former HP boss Carly Fiorina is joining ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman as one-time tech executives seeking public office in California. Fiorina, a Republican, will challenge three-term incumbent Barbara Boxer in 2010. Fiorina, who left HP in 2006, said job creation, government spending and health care will be top issues for her campaign.She also addressed her spotty voting record, saying she was wrong not to participate in the political process.
– Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina made official her bid for a seat in the U.S. Senate.
In a column in the Orange Country Register in
California Nov. 4, Fiorina said the key issues of her campaign would be
job growth and government spending, saying that she “will not settle
for a jobless r…
Carly Fiorina, HPs former chairman and CEO, and ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman are making bids for major political offices in California. The struggling Republican Party in the state are backing both candidates, who bring with them star power and money. However, both also face significant challenges, including a lack of political experience, spotty voting records and the troubled legacy Arnold Schwarzenegger another big-name person with little political experience will leave behind.
– Its awash in billions of dollars of debt, has a high-profile but ineffective governor and a Republican Party that continues to lose relevance in a state it once dominated.
Thats California, where the battle to close a $26 billion budget gap got so bad that the state this summer had to start issuing…
