SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina has announced her bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer of California.
Her entry into the race could present Boxer with her most formidable re-election challenge. But Fiorina first would have to survive a Republican primary against Chuck DeVore, a conservative state assemblyman who has worked feverishly over the past year to court GOP voters.
The 55-year-old former Silicon Valley executive served as economic adviser to John McCain's failed presidential bid last year. Before that, she had a public falling out with HP board members, who fired her in 2005 after she pushed through a merger with Compaq Computer Corp.
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