Despite a 10 percentage point gap, Carly Fiorina refuses to concede

from the LA Times:



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Fiorina spoke before Boxer, and while praising her own campaign efforts refused to concede to Boxer.

"The facts are it is too close to call, the facts are it's going to be a long night," she told supporters gathered in Irvine. "We're going to be watching those returns all night. All those people who called the race, it was maybe not a smart thing to do."

Voters cast ballots on a wide variety of state offices and nine propositions, the most prominent being efforts to legalize marijuana for recreational use, stall the state's landmark climate-change law and change how the Legislature approves the state's budget. Californians also weighed in on redistricting, taxes and a car surcharge that would benefit state parks.

But the contests that drew the most attention were the gubernatorial and senate races. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-election-20101103,0,5111657.story

Fiorina got 32% in Santa Clara County. A 30% gap at home. ;-)

Santa Clara County is Silicon Valley, including Hewlett Packard's biggest concentration of present and former employees, Fiorina's home, and Stanford. It's where people know Fiorina best. 32.9% ;-)

She got trounced in the primary here as well. Too many ex-HPers and their friends who remember what she did to a great company.