Fiorina faces fundraising challenge

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20100712/us-calif-senate-fiorina-s-finances/

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina is at a fundraising disadvantage in many parts of California, including her home turf in the Silicon Valley, as she tries to unseat three-term incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer, an Associated Press review of campaign finance data shows.

That means the former Hewlett-Packard Co. chief executive will have to look outside California for donations or write checks from her personal fortune if she hopes to be competitive in a state where it's notoriously expensive to campaign statewide.

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According to the most recent campaign-finance reports, Boxer had raised $17.3 million through June 5, compared to $3.5 million for Fiorina when not counting her personal loans. Of that, 39 percent of Boxer's total, or $6.8 million, came from out-of-state donations, compared with 32 percent, or $1.1 million, for Fiorina.

"The fact that she has not done as well in raising money from sources other than herself compared to Boxer may suggest a certain lack of enthusiasm among her potential donors," said Marty Kaplan, director of the Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communication.

I wonder why . . .

:silly:

Now if we can only get Queen Meg defeated I'll be happy.

Redmond, WA might work.