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Whitman Wins in Calif. GOP Gubernatorial Race


Former eBay Inc. CEO Meg Whitman handily won the Republican nomination for governor against state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner in Tuesday’s primary.

The primary was dominated by two things: money and immigration. Whitman spent $80 million on the primary, much of it from her own personal fortune, and Poizner, who is also wealthy, spent $24 million.

Whitman struggled for a time when Poizner mounted an assault from the right on her stance on illegal immigration, but she responded swiftly and built a comfortable lead. She will face California Attorney General Jerry Brown, a former governor of the state, this fall.

California’s governor’s race is expected to be one of the high-profile races of 2010, pitting a high-tech business executive with no prior government experience against a longtime politician, Brown, who served as governor in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when he was one of the nation’s rising young politicians.

(Source: WSJ)



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