Former HP CEO Fiorina targets Boxer's Senate seat AP (November 04, 2009) GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) - Former Silicon Valley executive Carly Fiorina announced Wednesday she is running for the chance to seize liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer's U.S. Senate seat, depicting the three-term Democrat as a Capitol Hill do-nothing who penned novels while jobs vanished and government spending soared.