Former HP CEO Announces Senate Run
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina made her candidacy for one of California's Senate seats official on Wednesday at an event in Orange County. Fiorina, who was an advisor to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during his run for the White House last year, was also the first woman to lead a Fortune 500 company. Prior to joining HP, she served as an executive vice president at AT&T and helped coordinate Lucent's spin-off. She was ousted by HP's board in 2005.
Fiorina made her announcement at Earth Friendly Products in Garden Grove, Calif., where she discussed her top priorities including job creation, economic recovery and restoring fiscal accountability in Washington. "Throughout my career I've brought people together and solved problems and that is what I plan to do in government - set aside ego and partisanship and work to develop solutions to our problems," she said in a statement.
"I believe big change is not impossible, but it does require leadership, innovative thinking, teamwork and tackling the most obvious and pressing problems first," Fiorina said. "My campaign is going to be about solutions that work for the people of California and about holding Barbara Boxer accountable for her failed record over her last 18 years in the Senate, her utter failure to lead and her track record of bitter and ineffective partisanship."
She will face off in the GOP primary against California Assemblyman Chuck DeVore. For more information visit CarlyforCalifornia.com.
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