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Janet Napolitano
File:JanetNapolitano Potrait 08.jpg
United States Secretary of Homeland Security-Nominee
Assuming office
on or after January 20, 2009*
PresidentBarack Obama (elect)
SucceedingMichael Chertoff
25th Governor of Arizona
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 6, 2003
Preceded byJane Dee Hull
23rd Arizona Attorney General
In office
1999–2002
GovernorJane Dee Hull
Preceded byGrant Woods
Succeeded byTerry Goddard
Personal details
Born (1957-11-29) November 29, 1957 (age 67)
New York City, New York
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseSingle
ResidencePhoenix, Arizona
Alma materUniversity of Virginia School of Law (J.D.)
Santa Clara University (B.A.)
OccupationAttorney

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Template:FixBunching Janet Napolitano (born November 29, 1957) is the current governor of the U.S. state of Arizona, and a member of the Democratic Party, originally elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. Napolitano was chair of two state Governors' associations and named by Time as one of the top five Governors in 2005.

She is President-elect Barack Hussein Obama's nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security.

Early life

Napolitano was born in New York City, the daughter of Jane Marie (née Winer) and Leonard Michael Napolitano, who was the Dean of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.[1] She has two siblings, younger brother, Leonard Michael Jr. and Nancy Angela Haunstein. She is of Italian heritage[2] and is a Methodist.[3] She was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she graduated from Sandia High School in Albuquerque in 1975 and was voted Most Likely to Succeed. She graduated from Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California, where she won a Truman Scholarship, and then received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Virginia School of Law. Napolitano is a member of the Democratic Party. After law school she served as a law clerk for Judge Mary M. Schroeder of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and then joined Schroeder's former firm, the Phoenix law firm Lewis and Roca.[4]

Political career

In 1991, while a partner with the private Phoenix law firm Lewis and Roca LLP, Napolitano served as attorney for Anita Hill.[4][5] Anita Hill testified in the U.S. Senate that then U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her ten years earlier when she was his subordinate at the federal EEOC.[6]

In 1993, Napolitano was appointed by President Bill Clinton as United States Attorney for the District of Arizona.[4] As U.S. Attorney, she was involved in the investigation of Michael Fortier of Kingman, Arizona, in connection to the Oklahoma City bombing. She ran for and won the position of Arizona Attorney General in 1998. Her tenure focused on consumer protection issues and improving general law enforcement.

While still serving as attorney general, she spoke at the 2000 Democratic National Convention just three weeks after having a mastectomy. Napolitano remembers the pain being so bad she could hardly stand up, but persevered. "Work and family helped me focus on other things while I battled the cancer," says Napolitano. "I am very grateful for all the support I had from family, friends and Arizonans." [7]

Governor

She won the Arizona gubernatorial election of 2002 with 46 percent of the vote, succeeding Republican Jane Dee Hull and defeating her Republican opponent, former congressman Matt Salmon, who received 45 percent of the vote. She is Arizona's third female governor and the first woman in the United States to be elected a governor to succeed another elected female governor.[8]She spoke at the 2004 Democratic Convention[9] after some initially considered her to be a possible running mate for presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry in the 2004 U.S. presidential election but Kerry selected Sen. John Edwards instead. In November 2005, Time magazine named her one of the five best governors in the U.S.[10]

In November 2006, Napolitano won the gubernatorial election of 2006, defeating the Republican challenger, Len Munsil, by a nearly 2-1 ratio and becoming the first woman to be re-elected to that office. Arizona's constitution provides a two-term term limit for its governors[11], meaning Napolitano is barred from seeking a third term in office in 2010.

In January 2006, she won the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service. She is currently a member of the Democratic Governors Association Executive Committee. Furthermore, she has also served previously as Chair of the Western Governors Association, and the National Governors Association. She served as NGA Chair from 2006 to 2007,[12] and was the first female governor and first governor of Arizona ever to serve in that position.

Obama Cabinet

In February 2006, Napolitano was named by The White House Project as one of "8 in '08", a group of eight female politicians who could possibly run for president in 2008.[13] On January 11, 2008, Napolitano endorsed then Illinois Senator Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee for President.[14] On November 5th, 2008, Napolitano was named to the advisory board of the Obama-Biden Transition Project.[15] On December 1, 2008, Barack Obama introduced Napolitano as his nominee for United States Secretary of Homeland Security.[16][17] If confirmed, Napolitano would become the first woman appointed Secretary in the relatively new department.

Electoral history

Arizona Gubernatorial Election 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Janet Napolitano 499,284 46.2 +0.9
Republican Matt Salmon 478,935 45.3
Independent Richard Mahoney 84,947 6.9
Libertarian Barry Hess 20,356 1.7
Arizona Gubernatorial Election 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Janet Napolitano (Incumbent) 959,830 62.6 +16.4
Republican Len Munsil 543,528 35.4
Libertarian Barry Hess 30,268 2.0

See also

References

  1. ^ Ancestry of Janet Napolitano
  2. ^ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=109143786D4D0F4B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
  3. ^ http://www.statelawyers.com/Governors/Governor_Detail.cfm/StateID:3
  4. ^ a b c Dana Goldstein, "Janet Napolitano and the New Third Way," The American Prospect, July 7, 2008.
  5. ^ David Brock, "The Real Anita Hill" http://www.uiowa.edu/~030116/153/articles/brock01.htm
  6. ^ "Opening Statement: Sexual Harassment Hearings Concerning Judge Clarence Thomas," Women's Speeches from Around the World [1]
  7. ^ Danielle D'Adamo, "Janet Napolitano: Getting to Know AZ's Governor"
  8. ^ Tom Squitieri, "Democrat attorney general finally wins in 'ugliest race'", USA Today, November 11, 2002.
  9. ^ Janet Napolitano CBS News, July 23, 2004
  10. ^ Ripley, Amanda (2005-11-13). "America's 5 Best Governors". Time Magazine. Retrieved 2008-03-06. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthor= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Term limits on executive department and state officers; term lengths; election; residence and office at seat of government; duties". Arizona State Legislature. 1992. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
  12. ^ National Governors Association
  13. ^ "8 for '08 : The White House Project and Parade Announce Eight Female Candidates for 2008 Presidency" (Press release). The White House Project. 2006-02-16. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
  14. ^ Davenport, Paul (2008-01-11). "Napolitano endorses Obama". Tucson Citizen. Retrieved 2008-10-27. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  15. ^ Sweet, Lynn Jarrett, Podesta, Rouse to lead Obama transition; Bill Daley co-chair Chicago Sun-Times, November 5, 2008
  16. ^ change.gov (1 December 2008). "Key members of Obama-Biden national security team announced" (Press release). Newsroom. Office of the President-elect. Retrieved December 1, 2008. {{cite web}}: External link in |author= (help)
  17. ^ "Obama names Napolitano to Cabinet post". Tucson Citizen. 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of Arizona
1999–2003 		Succeeded by
Political offices

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Preceded by
Mike Huckabee Arkansas
 Chairman of National Governors Association
2006–2007 		Succeeded by
Tim Pawlenty Minnesota

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