California Chamber of Commerce endorses Meg Whitman

Meg Whitman during luncheon with Senator Scott Brown, Sacramento, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Photo by Eric Draper/Meg Whitman for Governor 2010, By megwhitman2010 Meg Whitman for Governor Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic

CUPERTINO - Meg Whitman today announced that the California Chamber of Commerce, which represents 15,000 California employers, is endorsing her campaign. The California Chamber of Commerce is the largest, broad-based business association in the state. For more than 100 years, the CalChamber has worked to enhance the California economy. CalChamber's members employ one quarter of the private-sector workforce in California. Three of four CalChamber members have 100 or fewer employees.

"I am honored to accept the endorsement of the California Chamber of Commerce. In order to rebuild California's economy, we must create jobs and make it easier to start and grow a business in California. There is no organization that better understands this than the CalChamber," Whitman said. "I look forward to working with the chamber's members to ensure that California is once again open for business and we can effectively compete in the global economy."

Whitman is only the second gubernatorial candidate to be endorsed by CalChamber in its history.

CalChamber joins a growing list of prominent business associations, representing tens of thousands of employers, which have endorsed Meg and support her vision for fixing California. They include the National Federation of Independent Business, the California Restaurant Association, Western Growers Association, Associated Builders and Contractors of California, California Farm Bureau, Orange County Business Council, Small Business Action Committee, the Neighborhood Market Association, the Greater Fresno Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce Political Action Committee.

For more information, go to www.calchamber.com.

MEDIA CONTACT: Sarah Pompei 408.457.1369 Communications@MegWhitman.com

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