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Gov. Janet Napolitano
About
Janet Napolitano (born 29 November 1957) Napolitano was born in New York City and raised in Pittsburgh and Albuquerque. She graduated from Santa Clara University in California and University of Virginia law school. She is the current governor of Arizona, elected in 2002. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Political Career
In 1998, she was elected Attorney General of Arizona, after having served as United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, a position to which she was appointed in 1993 by Bill Clinton. During her term as Arizona's attorney general, Napolitano was diagnosed with breast cancer, and underwent a mastectomy. She won the gubernatorial election of 2002 with 47% of the vote, succeeding Jane Dee Hull and defeating her Republican opponent, former congressman Matt Salmon who received 44% of the vote. She became the first female US governor to directly succeed another.
Some experts and pundits initially considered Napolitano to be a possible running mate for presidential candidate John Kerry in the 2004 U.S. presidential election.
Administration Policies
As governor she has endorsed policies such as all day kindergarden, restricting water usage, and is favor of expanding the role of the state in providing health care services. Critics contend that her policies are unnecessarily expanding the role of the current state government providing medical services, and that she has used the welfare budget for political favoritism.
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Quotes
"Every American will have access to affordable, reliable health care. He'll do it by cutting through government red tape. And by cutting taxes for businesses that do the right thing and offer health plans for their employees. That's not just good health-care policy."
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