Female business leaders win Republican primaries Tuesday night

Meg Whitman, the former CEO of eBay, and Carly Fiorina, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, won their California Republican primary races Tuesday night. Whitman is running for governor of the state, while Fiorina is bidding for one of California’s Senate seats. “Career politicians in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., be warned because you now face your biggest nightmare: Two businesswomen who know how to create jobs, balance budgets and get things done,” Whitman said in her vi…