The woman challenging Senator Barbara Boxer in next year's senate race will be in the Central Valley on Thursday.

Carly Fiorina will hold a town-hall meeting in Clovis at Wawona Frozen Foods, located at 100 W Alluvial Ave., at 10 a.m.

During the townhall, Fiorina is expected to discuss how the decisions being made today in Washington impact every family and business in America and talk about why California needs better representation in the U.S. Senate.

Carly Fiorina formally announced her campaign on Wednesday in a newspaper essay she wrote in The Orange County Register. She is most widely known as the former Hewlett Packard CEO.

Fiorina says creating American jobs will be her priority if elected to the senate, along with controlling government spending.

She will have to win the Republican primary in June, before she can face Boxer on the ballot.

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