PRESS RELEASE No. 4 - March 30, 2009 Contact: Shawn Stevens, CAHP

California Highway Patrol Officers Endorse Jeff Gorell for State Assembly 2010
15,000-Member Law Enforcement Group Backs former Deputy D.A.
Ventura County, CA - The 15,000-member California Association of Highway Patrolmen announced today its strong endorsement of Jeff Gorell as the next Assembly Member representing California's 37th District, pledging grassroots and financial assistance.

"Our State's highway patrolmen enthusiastically endorse Jeff Gorell's candidacy in the 37th State Assembly District in 2010," said Shawn Stevens, Legislative Chair for CAHP. "He is a leader with tremendous public safety credentials. He is a veteran crime fighter, having worked side-by-side with our officers for more than six years as Ventura County Deputy District Attorney. We look forward to working with Jeff as a State Legislator toward keeping the highways of California safe for drivers, while ensuring that our officers have the proper training and equipment to achieve this life-saving goal."

"While a D.A., I worked on hundreds of serious crimes - from carjacking to drug trafficking -- with the professional men and women of the CHP and am very proud and honored to call them allies in my campaign for State Assembly," said Gorell. "Ventura County is one of the safest communities in this nation. I intend to work with my public safety friends to keep it that way."

Other public safety endorsements for Jeff Gorell include Ventura County Sheriff Bob Brooks; Ventura County District Attorney Greg Totten; Ventura County Fire Chief Bob Roper; former Santa Paula Police Chief, Councilman Bob Gonzales; former Ventura County District Attorney Mike Bradbury; and former Simi Valley Chief of Police, Mayor Paul Miller.

Jeff Gorell has also been endorsed by former Governor Pete Wilson; State Assemblywoman Audra Strickland; State Senator Tony Strickland; Ventura County Supervisor Peter Foy and more than 40 other state and local elected leaders. For a complete list, please visit the website linked here.

About Jeff Gorell for Assembly 2010:

Jeff Gorell has a strong background in public service and public policy, including his work as an advisor to Governor Pete Wilson from 1993 to 1996, and as a statewide business advocate with the powerful California Manufacturers and Technology Association from 1996 to 1999. He also served Ventura County as deputy district attorney for more than 6 years from 1999 to 2006, working as a trial prosecutor in the major narcotics and violent felony units. Today, Gorell is a small business owner, practicing attorney, and an adjunct professor of public policy at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. Gorell, a war veteran, also serves in the United States Navy Reserve and was deployed to Afghanistan after September 11, 2001. He was recently promoted to the rank of Lt. Commander and continues to serve today in the Reserves as a naval intelligence officer.

Jeff Gorell lives in Camarillo with his wife Laura and daughter Ashley.

To learn more about Jeff Gorell's campaign, including his full list of endorsements, background, experience and vision for the future, please visit www.jeffgorell.org.

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