Congrats to my friend and political mentor Elaine Marshall. She swore me in for my first election and for my re-election! She is such a graceful, smart leader, a wonderful friend and mentor, and spectacular Secretary of State!

She is the kind of leader America deserves to have working on a national scale. Here is an excerpt of her statement from the News & Observer article available at the link below:

“… “I am honored and grateful to have the opportunity to lead this highly-respected organization of public servants,” Marshall said in a statement. “NASS is more than 100 years old, and states are now facing challenges that our predecessors never imagined, including issues such as cyber security, business identity theft, digital records management and other tech-driven aspects of policymaking in 2015.”

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2015/02/19/4567680_elaine-marshall-to-head-national.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy