Meg Whitman writes $20 million check to campaign, bringing total to $91 million

EBay billionaire Meg Whitman, who last week sailed to victory in the GOP primary for governor, has written her campaign another big check, this one for $20 million.

The contribution, reported Monday on the California Secretary of State's website, brings her total self-contributions to $91 million, $17 million short of the record amount a wealthy candidate has put into his or her own campaign. That record was set last year by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a multi-billionaire businessman, in his successful re-election bid.

Bloomberg spent about $185 per vote. In last week's win over state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, Whitman spent about $56 per vote out of her own pocket.

Whitman, who will face Attorney General Jerry Brown in November, has vowed to write checks for up to $150 million in her quest to become governor. That means she'll most likely surpass Bloomberg's record sometime during the summer.

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Spend a boatload for nothing.

Anyway. I'm sure whatever she spends, Mittens will surpass when he runs for President again

is it ego, power...Since she is a dullard, I'd suppose it's a mixture of hubris and stupidity.

including the governorship. It's bad enough Bloomberg did it, but Whitman is going to make it look easy.