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No sh*t, Sherlock? "HP Employees Aren’t Donating to Carly Fiorina’s Campaign"
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/articles/2016-02-04/hewlett-packard-employees-arent-donating-to-carly-fiorinas-campaign
If you’re a former CEO running for president, one thing you might hope for is some love from the people at the company you once led.
But Republican candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina isn’t feeling the love – at least in the form of campaign contributions – from the company's current employees.
Fiorina received a paltry $6,449 from just six people listed as currently affiliated with HP, according to FEC filings listing all campaign contributions over $200. One of those donors was Ann Livermore – now a director on the board of Hewlett Packard Enterprise – who donated $2,700, the maximum amount allowed to be given by an individual. Livermore's husband, Thomas Livermore, is also listed in FEC records as an executive and gave $2,700, though it's not clear if he has worked for HP himself.
In total, Fiorina's campaign has raised more than $11.3 million since kicking off on May 4, 2015. That amount doesn't include $25,000 donated to the pro-Fiorina super PAC Carly for America by former HP board member Tom Perkins in May. Perkins, who voted to oust Fiorina as CEO, also gave $2,700 to her campaign in November.
If you’re a former CEO running for president, one thing you might hope for is some love from the people at the company you once led.
But Republican candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina isn’t feeling the love – at least in the form of campaign contributions – from the company's current employees.
Fiorina received a paltry $6,449 from just six people listed as currently affiliated with HP, according to FEC filings listing all campaign contributions over $200. One of those donors was Ann Livermore – now a director on the board of Hewlett Packard Enterprise – who donated $2,700, the maximum amount allowed to be given by an individual. Livermore's husband, Thomas Livermore, is also listed in FEC records as an executive and gave $2,700, though it's not clear if he has worked for HP himself.
In total, Fiorina's campaign has raised more than $11.3 million since kicking off on May 4, 2015. That amount doesn't include $25,000 donated to the pro-Fiorina super PAC Carly for America by former HP board member Tom Perkins in May. Perkins, who voted to oust Fiorina as CEO, also gave $2,700 to her campaign in November.
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