California Governor's Race 2010

2010 is the year of California's governor race. This year the two main candidates are Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown. Jerry Brown is the democratic candidate. He has been the governor of California once before in 1975 and he most recently was the the mayor of Oakland. His opponent is Meg Whitman. Whitman is the Republican candidate for Governor of California. Whitman was Chief Executive Officer and President of eBay from 1998 to 2008, and served on its board of directors. She is the fourth wealthiest woman in the state of California with a net worth of $1.3 billion in 2010, and has spent more of her own money than any other self-funded political candidate ever. There are a number of third party nominee's running for governor, but the chances of them winning are very slim to none. From what I have seen this years Governors race is very tight. It seems each week the the votes of probable voters goes from one side winning back to the other. Also Meg Whitman has had way more commercials than Jerry Brown and the majority of them haven't been promoting her campaign, but rather they are bashing Jerry Brown. Meg Whitman is using the strategy that if she rules the media side of the competition she will get more of the voters attention and use that to her advantage. So far her strategy in my opinion has not been working all that great, but the election is still 2 months away and anything can happen between now and then. With California usually being a liberal state I think Meg Whitman will have a hard time trying to convince voters to vote for her, but at the same time Jerry Brown isn't the most popular among Democrats so it is very possible liberals will give their votes to Whitman. This years Governors race is by far one of the more exciting to watch, and I can't wait till November roles around because I have feeling this race is going to go down to the very last vote.