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UPDATED: 10:57 a.m. Carly Fiorina, the Republican candidate for California senator, is expected to recover completely and quickly from an infection, her campaign officials reported.

The officials did not specify where the 56-year-old candidate is hospitalized. She was expected to campaign in Coachella and Riverside on Tuesday.

Fiorina was scheduled to discuss her plans for creating jobs in Riverside and then stop in Old World Stone in Coachella early this afternoon.

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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina has been hospitalized for an infection associated with reconstructive surgery she underwent after a bout with breast cancer, reported by her campaign officials Thursday morning. 

Chief of staff Deborah Bowker said in an e-mail statement, “After successfully battling cancer, she had reconstructive surgery this summer and remains cancer free today. However, this morning Carly came down with an infection associated with the reconstructive surgery and, as a result, she was admitted to the hospital to receive antibiotics to treat this infection.''

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