Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina didn’t think it would be so easy. Both women fought hard and campaigned like champions. Both Women had Republican challengers that ran aggressive campaigns against them. But both Carly and Meg won big. And both races were over shortly after 9 p.m. (more)
“A party divided” is the Democrats’ attack line, as they have argued for months that the Tea Party is provoking a civil war within the Republican Party. But on Tuesday in Arkansas, most of the political discord was within their own ranks. (more)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Republicans took an historic step Tuesday by nominating two wealthy businesswomen to challenge Democratic icons for governor and U.S. Senate, setting in motion an election season of big-money campaigns and high-stakes in the nation’s most populous state. (more)
Today is Election Day in 12 states. Here’s what you should know about the hottest contests: (more)
California’s GOP primary polls are moving back and forth so dramatically some observers might have whiplash. Any conventional wisdom about how the U.S. Senate and governor’s races will shape up should be tossed out the window until the real tally on June 8. Consider this: two weeks ago former Congressman Tom Campbell held a 11 percentage point lead over Carly Fiorina in the GOP governor’s primary. That lead has now incredibly evaporated into a 23 point deficit if SurveyUSA’s new poll results are accurate. (more)
Sarah Palin waded into the California Senate race on Thursday, endorsing former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Carly Fiorina, a Republican, over another candidate who has curried favor with conservative grassroots activists. (more)
Maybe it was the Carly Fiorina ad depicting Sen. Boxer’s Orwellian head breaking through the Capitol dome; or perhaps it was the senator’s reiteration that marijuana legalization advocates can go suck a bong. Whatever the cause, Boxer is facing her toughest reelection campaign since getting elected, and Barack Obama now has to go westward to the Land of California, where he will wine and dine people out of their money and Boxer back into office. “A ticket to the dinner is $17,600 per person, a figure arrived at by combining half the maximum $30,400 contribution to a national party committee combined with the maximum $2,400 donation to a candidate,” reports the LA Independent. Republicans, however, aren’t worried. According the Independent, “a poll of 1,102 likely voters conducted March 9-16 by the Public Policy Institute of California found that Boxer trailed former Rep. Tom Campbell, 44 percent to 43 percent, and led former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Officer Carly Fiorina, 44 percent to 43 percent, and DeVore 46 percent to 40 percent.” (more)
It’s that scary. (more)
Terrorism and the Middle East are continuing to roil the Republican Senate contest after a letter written by former congressman Tom Campbell emerged that appeared to contradict statements Campbell and his aides had made about his dealings with a radical Muslim professor. (more)
Republican Senate candidate Tom Campbell hit back Monday at primary opponent Carly Fiorina for saying that he does not support Israel, calling her accusations “desperate” and “bizarre.” (more)
On paper, it’s not just the Republican campaign fundraising arms that have money problems. Several of their Senate candidates do as well. (more)
According to Time Magazine, the best way to view California Senate Candidate Carly Fiorina’s new primary campaign ad–which features everything from bizarrely Morgan Freeman-esque narration to pigs and sheep to psychedelic imagery — “is by pressing play on your cassette tape of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of The Moon just as you click play on YouTube.” Are those cyborg demon sheep? We’re pretty sure they’re cyborg demon sheep. (more)
Just like that, the Republican Senate primary in California has a new front-runner, and another traditionally Democratic seat is in play.
Tom Campbell, the 57-year-old former congressman who had been running for governor, ejected less than two weeks ago out of that high-spending contest and parachuted into the Senate race, which already had two serious Republican candidates, in Carly Fiorina and Chuck Devore. (more)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Republican California gubernatorial hopeful Steve Poizner says he’s won the backing of former California Gov. George Deukmejian. (more)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Former congressman Tom Campbell says he is dropping his longshot bid for governor in California and instead will challenge for Barbara Boxer’s U.S. Senate seat. (more)
