Former eBay CEO Whitman Looks At Calif. Gov. Race

by Walter Alarkon - 01/05/09 3:09 PM ET

Meg Whitman, the former eBay executive and campaign aide to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), is considering a bid for governor in California in 2010, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Whitman has stepped down from the boards of eBay, Procter & Gamble and Dreamworks SKG and may make an announcement within the next four to six weeks, a “person familiar with the matter” told the Journal.

During the 2008 presidential race, she was a national finance chairwoman for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) and later served as a national co-chairman for McCain’s general election campaign. She had been mentioned as a possible running mate for McCain.