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Former governor Jerry Brown, to whom the term limits did not apply due to a grandfather clause, defeated Meg Whitman in the general election and was sworn into office on January 3, 2011. As of 2024, this remains the most recent time the governor's office in California has changed partisan control.
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman was the Republican nominee for the Gubernatorial election, [29] defeating state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner in the California Republican Party primary. Former Governor and current Attorney General Jerry Brown was the Democratic nominee. [30] [31] [32] Brown defeated Whitman in the general election.
On June 8, 2010, Poizner was defeated in the Republican primary by former CEO of eBay Meg Whitman, who was later defeated by Democratic candidate Jerry Brown in the general election. In early 2014, Steve Poizner was inducted into the Silicon Valley Engineering Council Hall of Fame. [4]
There are a lot of laid off people out there contemplating second acts these days, so maybe the new trajectories of former eBay CEO Meg Whitman and former HP CEO Carly Fiorina can serve as some ...
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Whitman does not support the California High-Speed Rail project. In a 2010 letter to the Sacramento Bee [153] Whitman's spokeswoman Sarah Pompei said, "Meg believes the state cannot afford the costs associated with high-speed rail due to our current fiscal crisis." Her opponent Jerry Brown was in favor of the project.
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