Meg Whitman Cries after wasting $142m on failed bid to become governor of California

Former eBay boss Meg Whitman paid a heavy price for her losing bid to become Califoia's goveor -  $142million.

That is how much billionaire Whitman spent on her unsuccessful bid to succeed Republican Aold Schwarzenegger in the goveor's mansion in Sacramento.

It was the most any self-funded candidate has even spent on a U.S. election campaign.

But it counted for nothing as she was beaten by Democrat former Califoia Goveor Jerry Brown, who succeeded in his attempt to take charge of the cash-challenged state again.

Whitman's big budget bid was hampered by a scandal over her hiring of an illegal immigrant housekeeper and her admission that she did not vote for 28 years.

Brown, 72, will now be retuing to the office he last held 28 years ago. The state attoey general was Califoia's 34th goveor during his previous tenure between 1975 to 1983 and now becomes its 39th.

Whitman, shown here hugging a supporter after her loss in LA last night, poured $142million of her own money into the campaign

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