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Former eBay Inc CEO Meg Whitman, a political novice, has won the Republican nomination for California governor, the Sacramento Bee newspaper, in the state's capital, and television network MSNBC said on Tuesday.

In the governor's race Whitman is 24 points ahead of Steve Poizner but 6 points behind Jerry Brown. GOP Senate hopeful Carly Fiorina has clear lead but moderate Tom Campbell fared best against Senator Barbara Boxer.

Despite spending $68 million of her fortune on a half-year torrent of TV ads, billionaire former eBay CEO Meg Whitman's once-robust lead over Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner in the Republican race for governor has dwindled from 50 points to just ...

California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman (R) wrote her campaign another check for $20 million Monday. The billionaire former CEO of EBay has now put $59 million of her own money into the campaign, with election day still seven months away.

Responding to criticism that she has sidestepped media, Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman held an unprecedented, hour-long conversation with news reporters Friday, laying out her positions on state pension reform, prisons and immigration ...

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, who has poured millions of dollars into a four-month-long radio advertising campaign, is drubbing her Republican primary opponent in the California governor's race and is closing the gap against the presumed Democratic ...

EBay has put its former chief executive, Meg Whitman, on the witness stand on Monday to make the case that Craigslist unfairly denied the Internet giant a seat on its board.

Today, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman will formally announce her bid for the GOP nomination for the 2010 California gubernatorial race. Whitman wants to cut state spending by another $15 billion and create 2 million private-sector jobs by 2015, according to a speech prepared for today’s announcement in Fullerton, Calif.