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Former eBay chief Meg Whitman was featured in a story in Sunday's New York Times about her candidacy for governor.

One line stuck out:

Whitman predicted that her campaign could cost $150 million, much of it coming from her own fortune.

That would be approximately double the cost of what Democrats Phil Angelides and Steve Westly spent in the 2006 primary -- combined.

One opponent, Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, is a near-billionaire, but might find himself hard-pressed to keep pace with that kind of unprecedented spending.

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