The Online Home of California's Political History
By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment
Half of California’s Assemblymembers since 1990 have never termed out?
That’s right; of the 348 legislators to serve in the lower house in the past 21 years, only 151 (43%) termed out. Even if you exclude the 80 members currently serving, only 56% of Assemblymembers ever termed out.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Q: Who was the last Assembly Speaker to later be elected to the State Senate? A: Before Bob Hertzberg (serving since 2014), it was Frank F. Merriam (Speaker in 1923-1926), who was elected to the State Senate in 1928 and went on to be Governor in 1934.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.