If we didn’t already know that Republican Meg Whitman threw crazy money at her failed gubernatorial campaign, the Oakland Tribune has done the math to tell us just how much of her own money she blew to garner the votes she did. And still lose by a sizeable margin to Jerry Brown. Whitman spent $144.2 million from her own piggy bank, which ends up being $43.25 for each vote she ......
Meg Whitman’s former senior advisor says ugly spats about illegal immigration hobbled her campaign for governor. Veteran Republican strategist Rob Stutzman told the Los Angeles Times that controversies over illegal immigration alienated Latinos and prompted the former Ebay chief to lose to Jerry Brown by 54 percent to 41 percent. Latinos represented roughly one in five voters on Nov. 2, and polls suggest they overwhelmingly supported Brown. Stutzman blamed Republican ......
The San Francisco Chronicle reports today that the California Nurses Association was responsible for making Meg Whitman's former housekeeper, Nicky Diaz Santillan, a major issue in the governor's race. The Chron reports that in early September, Diaz Santillian, who worked for Whitman for nine years before being fired when she confessed to being undocumented, turned to a friend who worked for the CNA asking for help. The CNA then put ......
In his battle to become California's next governor, Jerry Brown had a shrewd advisor on his side: his wife, Anne Gust Brown. As his former Republican opponent Meg Whitman dipped into her personal fortune to launch campaign attack ads over the summer, Anne Gust Brown urged her husband to hold his powder, the AP reports. That strategic move helped him conserve his limited campaign cash until after Labor Day, when ......
The audacious sum that Meg Whitman spent on her failed bid to become the first woman governor of California is not tax deductible, according to the IRS. Federal law does not allow candidates or any contributors, for that matter, to receive a tax deduction when they donate to a campaign. Whitman, bested by Democrat Jerry Brown, spent more than $161 million during the race--the largest sum of any non-presidential candidate ......
