Barack Obama cabinet pick gives Ariz a Republican gov

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Monday, December 1, 2008 - Added 355d 2h ago

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PHOENIX - President-elect Barack Obama’s announcement today that Gov. Janet Napolitano is his choice to head the Department of Homeland Security means a Republican will move into the governor’s office.

Arizona does not have a lieutenant governor, so the Democratic governor’s midterm departure — if she is confirmed as secretary of homeland security — means she will be succeeded by Secretary of State Jan Brewer, a Republican in a state that leans toward the GOP.

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President-elect Barack Obama, second from the right, walks out with Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, following the conclusion of a news conference in Chicago, Monday.