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Whitman calls someone “Dracula” in first gubernatorial debate
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
by Ellen Shakespear
With a little over a month until election day in California, former CEO and President of eBay Meg Whitman ’78 and Democratic nominee Jerry Brown met to swap insults at the first gubernatorial debate. The showdown was held at the University of California at Davis and was the first of three scheduled in the race
- Published in Alumni, Princeton in the News
Meg Whitman ’78 wins California Republican primary
Wednesday, 09 June 2010
by Will Saborio
In her quiet plot to take over the world, former CEO and President of eBay Meg Whitman ’78 won yesterday the Republican candidacy in California’s gubernatorial election this fall. Whitman defeated state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner with 64% of the vote compared to his 26%. Some news sources call this a landslide. To me it
- Published in Alumni
Whitman to Spend $150M on Gubernatorial Run
Sunday, 22 February 2009
by Brian No
vs. Meg Whitman ’77, who has announced her intention to run for governor of California, has predicted that her campaign could cost $150 million, much of it self-financed. The $150 million figure is about the same amount of money it took Princeton to build Whitman College ($136 million). But Whitman didn’t finance the entire cost
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
Meg Whitman: The Historical Precedent?
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
About a week ago Meg Whitman ’77 threw her hat into the ring for the California Gubernatorial race (info here). And while the rest of the world may know her as the former Ebay CEO, we of course think of her first and foremost as a Princeton alum. But did you know that, if elected, Whitman