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Ex-HP chief takes step toward US Senate bid
SAN
FRANCISCO — Former Hewlett-Packard Co. chief executive Carly Fiorina
has taken the first formal step toward running for the U.S. Senate seat
of Democrat Barbara Boxer.Fiorina filed for a tax identification number
on Tuesday and registered a campaign committee named “Carly for
California.” The committee will allow her to begin raising money for a
potential 2010 run for the Republican nomination.Spokeswoman Beth
Miller says the 54-year-old Fiorina will begin meeting with policy
advisers and donors but has no timetable for making a formal
announcement. If she runs, Fiorina would face state Assemblyman Chuck
DeVore of Irvine in the GOP primary.Fiorina took the top job at HP in
1999 and led a $24 billion acquisition of Compaq Computer before being
forced out in 2005.
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SAN
FRANCISCO — Former Hewlett-Packard Co. chief executive Carly Fiorina
has taken the first formal step toward running for the U.S. Senate seat
of Democrat Barbara Boxer.Fiorina filed for a tax identification number
on Tuesday and registered a campaign committee named “Carly for
California.” The committee will allow her to begin raising money for a
potential 2010 run for the Republican nomination.Spokeswoman Beth
Miller says the 54-year-old Fiorina will begin meeting with policy
advisers and donors but has no timetable for making a formal
announcement. If she runs, Fiorina would face state Assemblyman Chuck
DeVore of Irvine in the GOP primary.Fiorina took the top job at HP in
1999 and led a $24 billion acquisition of Compaq Computer before being
forced out in 2005.