In 2010, she went on to win the Republican primary and then lost in the general election to incumbent Barbara Boxer.
Carly Fiorina
Powerful Women of the Decade 2000 - 2009
Forced to resign as CEO of Hewlett-Packard in 2005, she was an advisor to Republican presidential candidate John McCain in 2008. In November 2009, she announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate from California, challenging Barbara Boxer (D).
Carly Fiorina, former Hewlett-Packard CEO and John McCain economic advisor, on Meet the Press, December 2008
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