◼ EDITORIAL: Pete Peterson for California secretary of state - Fresno Bee
ENDORSEMENT: ...We recommend Peterson. He is an expert in civic engagement whose passion for democracy and voting, and knowledge of technology should enable him to jump-start a Secretary of State's Office that is decades behind the times and an embarrassment to California, which prides itself on being cutting edge.
Peterson initially wasn't given much of a chance at winning because he was a little-known centrist Republican in a blue state.
...Peterson, executive director of the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership at Pepperdine University, offers a refreshing alternative to voters tired of the political job-hopping in California.
