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Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina running for US Senate

Source: The Guardian

Nov 04, 2009

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Former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina said today she is running for the US Senate seat held by liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer of California.

Fiorina ended months of speculation with an announcement in an opinion piece in the Orange County Register. She was expected to make a formal announcement later in the day in Garden Grove.

Her entry into the race could present Boxer with her most formidable re-election challenge, but Fiorina first would have to survive a Republican primary against state assemblyman Chuck DeVore, who has worked feverishly over the past year to court Republican voters.

"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. I realise that thinking was wrong," Fiorina wrote in her opinion piece.

"I now understand, in a very real way, that the decisions made by the Senate impact every family and every business, of any size, in America. This is what motivates me to run for the US Senate,"

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