MORE ON: Steve Poizner

Like most big companies, eBay has for years rained campaign cash on politicians who supported their interests and tithed to others they could call on for help in a pinch. But little did they know, several of those politicians would turn out years later to be its CEO's biggest rivals. While... + read more

In politics, it’s bad enough to get whipped. It’s worse to lose and spend a fortune doing it. That grim fate befell several candidates and measures on Tuesday’s primary ballot. When it came to bang for the buck, nobody had less success than state Insurance Commissioner Steve... + read more

If the polls, headlines and prediction markets are right, Meg Whitman appears poised to cruise to victory in this week's primary election. So naturally, the Internet entrepreneurs looking to cash in haven't been far behind. Domain name squatters – using Whitman's own... + read more

It may be ending in anticlimax, but the Republican race for governor had some excitement down the stretch. On May 12, a Survey USA robo-call poll commissioned by four TV stations showed that, against all odds, state insurance commissioner Steve Poizner had closed to dead even with former eBay... + read more

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has suffered a “stunning drop” in voter support in her race for the Republican nomination for governor of California, according to results of a statewide survey released last night by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute. Less than a month before the... + read more

The New America Foundation released a report this week that tackles everything from sugary drinks to medical malpractice in suggesting how the state could save $300 billion on health care over the next decade. There were no signs that the nonpartisan group was attempting to wade into the race... + read more