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Carly Fiorina confirms Senate bid

by Shaun Nichols

19 Aug 2009

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Well, it's now official. Former HP chief Carly Fiorina has filed the paperwork to run for one of two US Senate seats in California.

Fiorina will first run for the Republican Party nomination, then if she wins the party nod she will take on incumbent senator Barbara Boxer, who will be seeking her fourth term in office. The early speculation is that Fiorina is a heavy favourite to win the nomination, but unseating Boxer would be a tougher task.

As one of the first women to win a prominent role in Silicon Valley, Fiorina could again become a trailblazer by becoming the first former tech executive to win a Senate seat in California.

We're guessing Fiorina doesn't want voters to base their decisions to heavily on her past business performance, however. Her time at HP was tumultuous, to say the least. 

Highlighted by the messy Compaq acquisition, Fiorina also planted the seeds for a boardroom leak investigation that would later turn into the disastrous "pretexting" scandal that cost Patricia Dunn so dearly. After leaving the business world, she climbed on board Arizona senator John McCain's 2008 Presidential campaign, and we all know how that turned out.

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