Arizona Governor Napolitano Resigns

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano officially submitted her resignation on Tuesday, Jan., 20, 2009, the same day she was confirmed as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in President Barak Obama’s Administration.

“It has been my honor to serve the people of Arizona as Governor. I look forward to continuing to serve Arizona, our new president, and all of the people of our great nation in my new role…” Napolitano wrote in her resignation letter.

Secretary of State Jan Brewer will fill out the remaining two years in Napolitano’s term as governor.

Source: Office of the Govenernor

Latest Comments

• January 22, 2009 at 11:09 am

  Quivering Jelly says:

  My overwhelming concern is that her failure to protect Arizona borders has now expanded to a potential failure to protect any US borders and to invite even more devestation to... read more
• January 22, 2009 at 10:37 am

  Baxtor says:

  I agree. She brought Arizona to it's knees financially. We had a huge state surplus before her coming to office. Within 2 years she had us upside down. Good thing with the F... read more
• January 22, 2009 at 8:22 am

  AZ Proud says:

  Well at least for the State of AZ the Obama change has been positive. Napalitano is the a joke. I only wonder how long it will take her to implement policies that make our b... read more