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What does $160 million buy? You can get an entire college at Princeton with a cool $30 mil. Turns out that's a bargain-basement deal compared to the cost of second best in California, as Meg Whitman discovered last night. The former eBay CEO lost the California governor's race to Democrat Jerry Brown, and she drew boos from supporters at a glum gathering in Universal City when she said she had finally conceded and her campaign was over. "Tonight has not turned out quite as we had hoped," Whitman said, according to the Los Angeles Times. "We've come up a little short, but certainly not for lack of hard work, determination and a clear vision for making our state better. "Nor a lack of cash. Whitman had hoped that her astonishing personal fortune and sparkling corporate resume would be enough to push her into the governor's mansion, and she shattered campaign spending records by pouring $140 million of her own money into her run for governor.