Carly Fiorina presidential campaign, 2016
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| Campaign | U.S. presidential election, 2016 |
| Candidate |
Carly Fiorina CEO of Hewlett-Packard (1999–2005) |
| Affiliation | Republican Party |
| Status | Announced: May 4, 2015 Suspended: February 10, 2016 |
| Headquarters | 1020 N Fairfax St., Ste. 200 Alexandria, Virginia |
| Key people | Frank Sadler (campaign manager) Sarah Isgur Flores (deputy campaign manager) Anna Epstein (spokeswoman) Amy Noone Frederick (senior advisor) Rebecca Schieber (personal assistant/"aide de camp") |
| Receipts | US$11,349,056 (2015-12-31) |
| Slogan | "New Possibilities. Real Leadership." |
| Website | |
| https://carlyforpresident.com/ | |
The 2016 presidential campaign of Carly Fiorina was announced in a video message posted on May 4, 2015. Fiorina was formerly chief executive officer of the technology company Hewlett-Packard, and was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in California in 2010.
Fiorina suspended her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on February 10, 2016. On April 27, 2016, Ted Cruz announced that Fiorina would be his running mate should he win the nomination. She joined his campaign days before the Indiana Primary, which he lost. Cruz suspended his campaign that evening, effectively ending Fiorina's vice-presidential bid.
A candidate for the United States Senate in 2010, Fiorina ruled out running for the U.S. Senate in 2016, but did not rule out running for President in 2016. In November 2014, The Washington Post reported that Fiorina was "actively exploring" a run for president. Her business background and status as the only CEO and the only woman in a "sea of suited men" were mentioned as positives, with Republican strategists pointing to her unsuccessful 2010 Senate campaign, unpaid campaign debt and dismissal from HP as "considerable challenges." On March 29, 2015, Fiorina told Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace there was a "higher than 90 percent" chance that she would enter the race to be the Republican Party nominee in the 2016 presidential election.
In the weeks leading up to her campaign announcement, Fiorina made numerous strategic appearances in the key battleground states of Iowa and New Hampshire. Fiorina announced her candidacy on May 4, 2015, via an online video posted by her campaign, followed by appearances on ABC's Good Morning America and The Kelly File. On May 5, Fiorina made publicized appearances on Today and Late Night with Seth Meyers. After days of national media appearances described as a "media blitz," Fiorina returned to campaign in Iowa on May 7.
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