Meg Whitman Invests $119 Million in CA Governorship
The battle for the governorship of California is an expensive proposition, at least for one of the candidates. So far, Republican candidate Meg Whitman has spent $119 million of her own, substantial fortune, and has tens of millions in contributor donations on hand. By contrast her Democratic rival, long-time politico Jerry Brown, has spent a few million of his campaign funds, which amounted to less than $30 million as of August.
The former Ebay CEO's personal campaign funding surpassed that of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who spent $108 million of his own money to fund his re-election in 2009.
A new Fox News poll shows the billionaire Whitman leading the long-time politico Brown by 6 percentage points, and Real Clear Politics gives Whitman a 5-point lead at this point.
