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//**J**////**onathon Dobbins**// **News Journal**

Meg Whitman Loses to Jerry Brown (New York Daily News, November 3, 2010)

What does $160 million buy? You can get an entire //college// at Princeton with $30 mil. The former eBay CEO lost the California governor's race to Democrat Jerry Brown. "Tonight has not turned out quite as we had hoped, "Meg 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 putting $140 million of her own money into her run for governor.       With the money Meg Whitman put into her run for governor she could buy 4 entire colleges at Princeton eBay CEO lost the California governor's race."Tonight has not turned out quite as we had hoped, "Meg Whitman said, according to the Los Angeles Times. "We've come up a little short, but certainly not for lack of hard work..."  