--- title: Carly Fiorina: Former HP CEO is Running for President description: Carly Fiorina officially announced her bid for the GOP nomination Monday morning. canonical: https://time.com/3845135/carly-fiorina-2016-presidential-race/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-04T11:55:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-15T02:06:33.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Carly Fiorina Says She's Running for President og:description: Fiorina is the only woman in the emerging GOP field og:url: https://time.com/3845135/carly-fiorina-2016-presidential-race/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltddc2285d6de1cd27/6987ee2b3c1639ba1c455d4e/carly-fiorina-republican.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Carly Fiorina participates in a discussion during the 2015 National Review Ideas Summit held at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington on May 2, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Carly Fiorina Says She's Running for President twitter:description: Fiorina is the only woman in the emerging GOP field twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltddc2285d6de1cd27/6987ee2b3c1639ba1c455d4e/carly-fiorina-republican.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Carly Fiorina Says She's Running for President > Sponsored content. 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Pete Marovich—Corbis  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Updated: Dec 15, 2023 2:06 AM UTCPublished: May 4, 2015 11:55 AM UTC Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, said Monday that she’s running for president in 2016, joining an increasingly crowded field for the Republican nomination. Fiorina, who mounted an unsuccessful 2010 campaign for U.S. Senate in California and has never held elected office, made the announcement during an interview on ABC’s Good Morning American and in a subsequent Twitter message. She was set to hold a conference call with reporters later Monday morning. > [](https://twitter.com/CarlyFiorina/status/595184937168478208) > [](https://twitter.com/CarlyFiorina/status/595194543726792704) Fiorina is the only woman in the emerging GOP field and has positioned herself as a vocal opponent to Hillary Clinton, the prohibitive Democratic front-runner. An anti-abortion conservative friendly to the business wing of the Republican Party, she has been pitching herself as the candidate who can most credibly court women voters, a constituency with whom Republicans have struggled in recent presidential elections. She gave a [well-received speech](http://time.com/3724345/carly-fiorina-hillary-clinton-cpac/) at the Conservative Political Action Conference this year, but she’s widely considered a long shot for the nomination and has barely registered in early polls. Fiorina is releasing a new book Tuesday, which [opens up about personal struggles](http://time.com/3843413/carly-fiorina-rising-challenge-book/) she’s faced, including losing a daughter and fighting cancer. ### Behind the Scenes of CPAC  Peter Dudziak of John, Minnesota attends CPAC in National Harbor, Md. on Feb. 27, 2014. Mark Peterson—Redux for TIME  Nine year old Thomas H. from Virginia at his first CPAC in National Harbor, Md. on Feb. 27, 2015. 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