Subject: [big campaign] Public Campaign Praises Choice Of Gov. Napolitano For Homeland Security Post
From: David Miller <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:22:09 -0500
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, November 20, 2008
 
CONTACT
David Miller, Communications Manager
(202) 293-0222 
 
Public Campaign Praises Choice Of Gov. Napolitano For Homeland Security Post
 
            Washington, D.C.  Public Campaign, a leading national
nonpartisan organization dedicated to passing sweeping campaign reform laws,
praised the pending nomination of Gov. Janet Napolitano (D-AZ) to be the
Secretary of Homeland Security in President-Elect Barack Obama¹s
administration.
 
            Nick Nyhart, president and CEO of Public Campaign, said
Napolitano¹s ascendance to a Cabinet post is a deserved achievement for the
Arizona governor. Gov. Napolitano twice ran and won gubernatorial elections
while participating in Arizona¹s ground-breaking Clean Elections system of
full public financing.

            ³We congratulate Gov. Napolitano and wish her every success as
she moves to the Department of Homeland Security,² Nyhart said. ³In Gov.
Napolitano, President-Elect Obama has chosen an executive with a record of
independent, strong judgment and leadership for a position that is vital to
our nation¹s well-being. Having run and won public office without relying on
private donations from wealthy special interests, Gov. Napolitano, should
she be nominated and confirmed, would enter this critical position without
any appearance that she¹s depended on wealthy donors to finance her
political career. That would be a positive development after years of crony
contracts and special interest favoritism throughout the federal
government.²
 
            Napolitano first ran under Arizona¹s Clean Elections program in
2002. Her leadership on the program has helped make it a mainstay of Arizona
politics  Clean Elections candidates will hold 54 percent of the seats in
the incoming legislature, up from 42 percent today. Additionally, candidates
that ran under the Clean Elections program will hold eight of Arizona¹s 11
statewide offices in 2009.
 
            Napolitano has spoken out in praise of the effect Clean
Elections had on her own campaigns, saying ³I got to spend time with voters
as opposed to dialing for dollars, or trying to sell tickets to $250-a-plate
fundraisers. This was much better.² The program provides a limited amount of
public financing for candidates who raise a large number of small donations
and who agree to swear off big money. Similar laws have worked well in
Connecticut, Maine, North Carolina and elsewhere.
 
            Nyhart said the Homeland Security Department would be
well-served being led by an official free of entanglements with big-money
donors and powerful lobbyists.
 
            ³With the great challenges facing this nation, Americans should
believe that our elected officials are working for all of us, not just those
who can afford to write a big check or hire a lobbyist,² Nyhart said. ³We
appreciate Gov. Napolitano¹s and President-Elect Obama¹s long, steadfast
support for comprehensive public financing of elections.²
 
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