Assemblyman Chuck DeVore Comments on Carly Fiorina`s Pending Run for the U.S. Senate: "Democrats will attack Fiorina`s weaknesses from the start."

IRVINE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine), the only announced Republican candidate for
California`s 2010 U.S. Senate race against Barbara Boxer, today commented on
news that Carly Fiorina, the ousted former head of Hewlett-Packard, had formally
created an exploratory committee.

Assemblyman DeVore said, "She`s in, as we`ve expected for months, and already
she`s showing her colors, hiring a Hollywood PR firm and Arnold Schwarzenegger`s
chief moneyman." Fiorina has already engaged Strategic Perception, Inc., the
Hollywood, CA-based business that was the "Chief Creative Consultant" for
Senator John McCain`s 2008 presidential run.

"I don`t expect to see Fiorina out talking to the grassroots, taking her case
personally to concerned voters," DeVore added. DeVore has already made 113
appearances to more than 20,000 voters since declaring his candidacy last
November. He has garnered support from some 8,000 donors and 58% of California`s
elected Republicans, including Congressman Tom McClintock.

"This campaign won`t be decided by slick ads from a Hollywood PR firm, nor by
retreads from the '08 McCain campaign, nor by the D.C. party establishment that
gave up on California years ago," DeVore said, "Rather, this campaign will turn
on the hearts and minds of working Californians who want to see and speak with
the candidates who ask for their votes."

DeVore`s campaign noted that Fiorina`s views on issues are unclear, and her
background makes her an inviting target for liberal senator Barbara Boxer.
Fiorina`s public record stands in stark contrast to DeVore`s:

• Media reports have variously described Fiorina as moderate or conservative,
having been silent on all of California`s major political battles of the past
decade. DeVore has a proven 5-year voting record on the issues that matter to
Republican primary voters and has been an active conservative for 28 years.

• The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Fiorina didn`t bother to vote in 13
of the last 18 elections. DeVore has never missed an election.

• Fiorina was a high-profile supporter of the financial bailout which
kick-started President Obama`s new era of big government with trillion dollar
deficits. DeVore opposed the bailout.

• Fiorina supported the stimulus, so long as the high tech industry got its
share of the corporate welfare. DeVore opposed Obama`s stimulus-by-debt.

• According to a 2004 Forbes article, "Trading With The Enemy," Hewlett-Packard
under Fiorina set up an office in Dubai to sell electronic contraband to Iran to
meet, "[s]trong demand for `anything high tech for military or oil services.`"
DeVore is a 24-year Army intelligence veteran who has traveled extensively in
the Middle East.

DeVore also served as a Special Assistant for Foreign Affairs under President
Reagan`s Defense Secretary, Caspar Weinberger.

For Chuck DeVore
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Leisa Brug Kline, 949-413-4447
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For more information about Chuck DeVore, see: www.ChuckDeVore.com

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