Janet Napolitano - Personal Life

Personal Life

Napolitano is an avid basketball fan and regularly plays tennis. Whitewater rafting and hiking are among Napolitano's hobbies. She has hiked in Arizona's Superstition Mountains and New Mexico's Sandia Mountains and has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and the Himalayas.

Napolitano has never married or had children; as a result, there has been speculation about her sexual orientation. This included some campaign activity in 2002 when "vote gay" fliers were posted next to her campaign signs. She is not gay, she has said, "just a straight, single workaholic."

She is not related to Fox News commentator and former Federal Judge Andrew Napolitano, although the latter sometimes refers to her as "Cousin Janet."

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