Shop Talk: Dream of Californication

• By Shira Toeplitz
• Roll Call Staff
• July 9, 2009, Midnight

Sarah Pompei is leaving Sen. Mike Johanns’ (R-Neb.) press office on Capitol Hill for her home state of California, where she will be eBay founder Meg Whitman’s press secretary for her 2010 gubernatorial bid. Pompei, a former regional spokeswoman for ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s (R) presidential campaign, was Johanns’ press secretary during his 2008 Senate race.