Report: Carly Fiorina will run for president

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina will run for president after all, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Citing a source close to the campaign, the paper reported Wednesday that Fiorina will formally launch her campaign for the 2016 GOP nomination with an online rollout May 4, the same day retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson is expected to make his campaign official. Last month, Fiorina said there was a "higher than 90 percent" chance she would join the race.

A political neophyte, Fiorina unsuccessfully ran for Senate in California in 2010. She faces a steep climb to the nomination; national polls place her in the low single digits among GOP voters.

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