California GOP U.S. Senate Candidate Carly Fiorina Announces California Leadership Team
Speaking with local residents at a town-hall style meeting at Wawona Frozen Foods yesterday, one of California’s leading agri-businesses, U.S. Senate Candidate Carly Fiorina today called the comprehensive water package passed yesterday by the state Legislature a historic step forward to ensure families, farmers and businesses have long-term access to water. In addition, she called for short-term action in Washington to help get water flowing in the Central Valley.
From the press release:
Prominent Californians from across the state today united behind U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, coming together to form her campaign leadership team. This group of respected Californians is committed to supporting Fiorina in her bid to unseat Barbara Boxer in 2010.
“I am honored to have the support of so many great California leaders,†Fiorina said. “Their support is clear evidence that over the last 17 years California has not had the kind of representation in Washington, DC, that it deserves and it’s time for a change. That is why I am running against Barbara Boxer and I will work hard everyday with this great team to ensure my message of job creation, economic recovery and restoring fiscal accountability to Washington, DC is heard.â€
Here is the list, a virtual Who’s Who in California Republican politics:
Noteworthy to Flap:
- Ed Atsinger, a founder of of Salem Communications which owns TownHall.com among other Christian contemporary music stations. Atsinger is a member of the Christian Right and has donated to Flap’s son’s high school: Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, California.
- Michelle and Shawn Steel: Michelle is an elected member of the California State Board of Equalization and her husband Shawn is an attorney and former Chairman of the California Republican Party. While Chairman, Shawn and Ted Costa led the successful recall of Democrat California Governor Gray Davis.
- General William Lyon: A billionaire developer from Orange County who has donated millions to Flap’s alma mater USC.
The other donors are noteworthy and Carly Fiorina on the blogger conference call the other day said financial resources for her campaign would not be a problem (listen around 15:20). Fiorina was not referring to her own personal wealth. These supporters will be able to raise massive amounts of campaign cash.
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2 Comments
Michael Higby
Jerry Perenchio is a big supporter of Mayor Villaraigosa as well.
Flap
Yes, he is the former chairman and CEO of Univision, the largest Spanish language company in America.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Perenchio
Seems reasonable he would support Mayor Villaraigosa
He is also a very large GOP donor and was national co-chair of McCain’s campaign committee for President.