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McCain camp: Whitman fundraiser nets $2.5M
By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter[img_assist|nid=1001|title=U.S. Sen. John McCain with Meg Whitman|desc=|link=none|align=none|width=420|height=221]A fundraiser for Republican presidential candidate John McCain at the Atherton home of former eBay CEO Meg Whitman today took in about $2.5 million, a spokesperson for the McCain campaign tells PolitickerCA.com Thursday afternoon.
Three hundred people attended the event, with former Gov. Pete Wilson, former Secretary of State Bill Jones, state Republican Party Chairman Ron Nehring, and investment banker James Chanos. Attendees dined on chicken, according to one person who was there.
Whitman is serving as a co-chair for the McCain. She is widely seen as a potential Republican gubernatorial candidate in 2010.
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