Ex-eBay CEO to run for Calif. governor
By JUDY LIN
Associated Press
January 6, 2009
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A Democratic strategist said Whitman will wade into a difficult environment for Republicans if she decides to run for governor.
Bob Mulholland, spokesman for the California Democratic Party, said the state has not fared well under Schwarzenegger and noted that Whitman backed McCain, who lost to President-elect Barack Obama in California by 24 percentage points. It was widest margin in a presidential contest in California since World War II.
"Meg took a pretty big beating," Mulholland said. "If she thinks she can pay to be loved by California voters, she'd be making a big mistake."
California GOP spokesman Hector Barajas said Republicans would get excited about a primary race pitting Whitman against Poizner, 52, a fellow moderate and Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Poizner, an electrical engineer, helped develop a GPS chip for cell phones and made a fortune when the company, SnapTrack, was sold for $1 billion in 2000.
"It would be a healthy campaign," Barajas said. "You're going to have two very strong individuals on the Republican side, two business-minded individuals who understand what it takes to provide one of the most important things we need in California -- and that's jobs."
Poizner did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.
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AP Technology Writer Rachel Metz in New York contributed to this report.
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