Meg_Whitman Republican candidate
Jerry Brown Democratic candidate.
In February 2009, Whitman announced her candidacy for Governor of California, becoming the third woman in a twenty year period to run for the office. She won the Republican primary in June 2010. The fourth wealthiest woman in the state of California with a net worth of $1.3 billion in 2010,she spent more of her own money on her candidacy than any other self-funded political candidate in U.S. history, spending $178.5 million total. Whitman lost to Jerry Brown in the November 2 election.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_gubernatorial_election,_2010
