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California Republican gubernatorial candidate and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman (L), former Gov. Jerry Brown (R) and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (C) speak during a discussion on the future of California at the Women s Conference 2010 on Oct. 26, 2010 at the Long Beach Convention Center.
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There’s an old saying in politics that “you can’t beat somebody with nobody.” And at the statewide level, Republican candidates in California have pretty much been “nobodies” . at least nobody who can
win. There hasn t been a full-on competitive Republican candidate in California in a decade since Meg Whitman ran for governor, said Republican campaign consultant Rob Stutzman, harkening back to 2010 when the former eBay CEO challenged Jerry Brown before losing the governor’s race by 13 points.