| Well-known
                              policy advisor Kimberly
                                Yee has been appointed to replace
                              former Rep. Doug Quelland. The
                              Maricopa County Board of Supervisors made
                              the selection on Aug. 2. Yee
                              was one of three names that precinct
                              committee persons from Legislative
                              District 10 earlier submitted to the
                              board. The other two people nominated were
                              Francine Romesburg and Henry Grosjean. Yee
                              has been in the public affairs arena for
                              more than a dozen years. She
                              has served as director of communications
                              and government affairs for State Treasurer
                              Dean Martin She
                              was also deputy cabinet secretary to
                              California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a
                              senior research analyst in the Arizona
                              Senate and a policy analyst for the State
                              Board of Education in California Gov. Pete
                              Wilson’s administration. In
                              a news release, Maricopa County Supervisor
                              Max Wilson said he nominated Yee after
                              consulting with Gov. Jan Brewer and House
                              Speaker Kirk Adams. Yee,
                              who is also running for the House in a
                              contested primary, will serve the rest of
                              Quelland’s term. Quelland was removed from
                              office, and his seat declared vacant, in
                              May. Quelland
                              fought hard to keep his seat after the
                              Arizona Citizens Clean Elections
                              Commission found last year that he
                              violated campaign finance rules during his
                              2008 campaign for the House by paying a
                              consultant to do political work with money
                              from his business. The
                              expenditures, the commission argued,
                              violated rules for publicly funded
                              candidates. Quelland
                              denied the allegations, arguing that any
                              political work done by the consultant was
                              made on a volunteer basis and that he paid
                              only for work done for his business. He
                              also said he was denied due process when
                              his office was declared vacant. By
                              Arizona Capitol Times Staff  Published:
                              August 2, 2010 at 10:49 am
 Supervisors name
                        replacement for ousted lawmaker
                          Associated Press - August 2, 2010 2:04 PM ET
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