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04 Jun 2010 11:08

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Politics: California governor’s race: Meg Whitman a shoo-in for GOP primary

  • $500,000 amount she spends daily

The result all that money creates

  • 51% the tally the former eBay chairman has going into the GOP primary
  • 25% the tally her challenger, Steve Poizner, has in the poll
  • 24%haven’t made up their minds or plan to go for a minor candidate source

05 Apr 2010 21:24

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U.S.: Meg Whitman is a money-spending force of nature

  • $46M the amount the former eBay chairwoman has spent on her California gubernatorial campaign
  • 40% the size of the lead she has over her GOP primary challenger Steve “Steamrolled” Poizner
  • seven the number of months she has before the election; she leads Jerry Brown, too source

02 Feb 2010 09:59

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U.S.: In California’s governor race, the spending’s already HUUUGE

  • $39M the amount former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has spent out of her own personal fortune, which is just insane, BTW
  • $19M the amount her Republican primary competitor, Steve Poizner, has spent out of his personal fortune
  • $370k the amount presumptive Democratic candidate Jerry Brown – who hasn’t declared – has spent so far source