Arizona: Janet Napolitano

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The Accidental Governor, Jan Brewer, has never lost a political race in more than a quarter century in politics. If she wants to keep her perfect record intact, she should retire. Who needs this? The Accidental Governor is unpopular even among Republicans and is vulnerable to challengers in the GOP primary should she choose to run one final race.

The AZ Policy Wonk blog at Arizona Capitol Times reports Poll: Brewer’s ratings slip among Arizona Republicans (excerpt):

Only 22 percent of the 800 people interviewed for the latest Rocky Mountain Poll (conducted Sept. 9-18 by the Behavior Research Center) said they approve of Brewer’s performance.

Phoenix attorney Tim Nelson is joining the Attorney General’s Office as its Chief Deputy Attorney General.
He will oversee the office's legal divisions, including criminal prosecutions, consumer fraud litigation and advice to state agencies.
Nelson, of north-central Phoenix, took on Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas in last years' election, but was walloped by the incumbent.

Nelson now works as senior counsel to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. He also has worked at Phoenix law firm Osborn Maledon, and from 2003 to 2008, as general counsel to former Gov. Janet Napolitano. 
Observers say Nelson's hiring represents the AG's attempt to reach beyond the traditional, older Democratic party faithful, to pick ...

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Judge John Keegan says the state Department of Public Safety should not have arrested Arizona GOP Executive Director Brett Mecum from his office at party headquarters last month.
Mecum was targeted by authorities after photo-enforcement cameras on Loop 101 caught him driving 109 mph on April 10. Mecum's defense team argued, in part, that his prosecution was selective and politically motivated. The arrest was a partisan hit to embarass a political operative, in other words.
DPS is led by Director Roger Vanderpool, an appointee of Democrat and former Gov. Janet Napolitano.
Keegan, a justice of the peace at the Arrowhead Court in Surprise, dismissed the ...

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More than 100 days after taking office, 51 percent of likely Arizona voters approve of Gov. Jan Brewer's job performance, according to a new poll released by Rasmussen Reports.
The national pollster found that 45 percent of likely voters disapprove of the performance of Brewer, a Republican who became governor following former Gov. Janet Napolitano's resignation in January.
The Rasmussen telephone survey sampled 500 likely voters and was completed May 6. Its margin of error is plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
The results are far more favorable than those released by the local Behavior Research Center last week. The BRC poll found ...

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