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Carly Fiorina: Why I'm running for Senate
Our most pressing problems today are too few jobs for Americans and too much spending in Washington.
Carly Fiorina announces her GOP candidacy for U.S. Senate
Carly Fiorina announces her GOP candidacy for U.S. Senate
latimesblogs.latimes.com — Former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate in the California Republican primary, arguing that her business experience made her the only viable candidate to challenge Democratic incumbent Barbara ... (more) Carly Fiorina announces her GOP candidacy for U.S. Senate
Fiorina officially announces Senate candidacy
thehill.com — Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina officially has announced her candidacy for U.S. Senate after months of speculation. Fiorina will run as a Republican against Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) The ex-Silicon Valley executive's entrance into the ... (more) Fiorina officially announces Senate candidacy
California Senate: The Next NY-23?
realclearpolitics.com — Carly Fiorina's nascent Senate campaign won the public backing Thursday of eight Republican senators, whose personal politics run the gamut on the GOP political spectrum. The early endorsements from the senators could serve as a boon to Fiorina's ... (more) California Senate: The Next NY-23?
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Fiorina officially announces Senate candidacy
News — ... Fiorina, who served as a top adviser on Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) 2008 presidential campaign, announced her candidacy in an Orange County Register op-ed today. In it, she addressed concerns over unemployment and "too much spending in Washington." ...

Fiorina Announces Senate Bid
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina announces her U.S. Senate challenge to Sen. Barbra Boxer (D-CA) in an Orange County Register op-ed: ...

Commentary: An Interview With Carly Fiorina, Candidate For United States Senate [By Jon Fleischman - Publisher - Flash Report]
The Flash Report Blog and Commentary — ... (I would imagine it will be archived after the fact if you want to watch it later). Below is my interview with Carly Fiorina.  I did not ask her biographical questions, so you may want to peruse her biography when he campaign site is up and running (it was not at 8am when this was published out).  She has published an opinion piece today in the Orange County Register which can be found here .  On the FR blog, we've posted up Fiorina's ...

Meredith Jessup: Fiorina Announces Bid for U.S. Senate
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... Boxer (D) will be facing some serious competition in her upcoming re-election bid. Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has announced her bid for Boxer's Senate seat. Fiorina will first face a Republican challenger, conservative state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore in a June primary election. Fiorina's name might sound familiar to some: she was a top economic advisor to then-presidential candidate John McCain during his failed presidential campaign against President Obama. In her candidacy announcement , Fiorina voiced concerns over unemployment and "too much spending in ...

Fiorina Will Challenge Boxer in Senate Race
The Caucus — ... , the Democratic incumbent, has been rumored for months; in August, she formed a campaign committee. She outlined her decision in an Op-Ed piece published in The Orange County Register on Wednesday morning. She began the article by conceding that she hadn’t always been engaged in the political process, but contended that she could no longer stand by during the economic downturn and a “jobless recovery.” In addition to the economy, Ms. Fiorina cited her interest in the overhaul of the health care system, personalizing the issue by noting that she is a cancer survivor. (She ...

Senate Conservatives Fund Picks Sides In Ca. As DeMint Backs DeVore
TPM Election Central — ... The news comes as Fiorina officially entered the race via an editorial in the Orange County Register where she asked "those who expect more from our government to join me in making a change for the better." ...

Carly Fiorina Announces Senate Bid
JammieWearingFool — ... Carly Fiorina has announced her bid to challenge Barbara Boxer for her Senate seat, and in so doing has given the Republicans another headache. Strike one will be the lingering gossip surrounding her ...

NY 23, Palin 0, Erick Erickson = 1
The Atlantic Politics Channel — ... ITEM: Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) endorses conservative California Senate candidate Chuck DeVore on the day that the NRSC-recruited candidate, Carly Fiorna, enters the race. (The NRSC says it's not endorsing.) ...

CA Senate 2010: Carly Fiorina Is In; DeMint Endores DeVore
MyDD — ... At any rate, Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of the Palo Alto-based computer giant Hewlett-Packard, joined the race for the seat currently held by Senator Barbara Boxer with an announcement in an opinion piece in the Orange County Register. She writes incredibly: ...

Carly Fiorina Taking On Barbara Boxer for Senate Seat
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — ... money to the Bay Area, where she is from.  One piece of real work in 18 years isn’t much of a track record. That’s not good enough for California. Admittedly, I have not always been engaged in the electoral process, and I should have been. For many years I felt disconnected from the decisions made in Washington and, to be honest, really didn’t think my vote mattered because I didn’t have a direct line of sight from my vote to a result. Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEMRelated ...

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: carly_fiorina) Carly Fiorina: Why I'm running for Senate This is what motivates me to run for the U.S. Senate. And so today I am announcing my candidacy to serve the people of California as your next U.S. senator. ...

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... run for governor, Steve Westly. She spent almost as much on chartered jets ($111,706) as Campbell spent in total ($147,030) from January through June, the latest financial reporting period. Her Internet operation cost nearly $1 million. "Nowhere near that has been spent in the past in any campaign that I've ever seen," veteran GOP consultant Richard Temple said of Whitman's Web platform. The Poizner campaign, in comparison, spent $106,000 on technology. Carly Fiorina: Why I'm running for Senate This is what motivates me to run for the U.S. ...

Carly Fiorina: Reagan Republican
GayPatriot — ... and oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates.” It’s not just in signing the pledge that Fiorina established her fiscal conservative bona fides.  In an op-ed in the Orange County Register yesterday, explaining why she’s running, she echoed New Jersey’s Governor-elect Chris Christie who vowed to turn his state capital upside down.  That’s what she wants to do in Washington: Our most pressing problems today are too few jobs ...

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Ms Fiorina announced her entry into the race for the senate seat currently held by Barbara Boxer yesterday and in the spirit of the moment Mr Devore, another Republican candidate, already has a video out welcoming her to the contest.Shut up Mr Gingrich and Steele.
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