In California, Boxer Wins Senate Race, and Brown Is Leading for Governor

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Source: NY Times


In the governor’s race, the state’s attorney general, Jerry Brown, 72, was poised to become California’s oldest chief executive and to return to the office he held from 1975 to 1983. The Associated Press called the race for Mr. Brown, whose Republican challenger, Meg Whitman, spent a record $140 million. She is a former chief executive of eBay and was trying to become the first woman to be elected governor in California.

Senator Barbara Boxer was declared the winner over Carly Fiorina, a Republican whose résumé included six years as the chief executive of Hewlett-Packard. Mrs. Boxer, considered one of the most liberal — and most vulnerable — members of the Senate, consistently attacked Ms. Fiorina’s corporate record, which included large-scale layoffs and her unceremonious firing by Hewlett-Packard’s board of directors in 2005.

Both Mr. Brown and Mrs. Boxer provided victories for Democrats in the West on a night when swathes of the Midwest and the South went for Republicans. In the new House, California figured to lose several important chairmanships and the speaker’s chair, now held by Nancy Pelosi.

“I think people in California are saying, ‘We don’t want that Tea Party stuff.’ ” State Senator Darrell Steinberg said.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/03/us/politics/03calif.html

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