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May 14, 2013 By Alex Vassar

SD32: Norma Torres wins election to Senate

In today’s Special Election to fill the vacancy created by Senator Negrete McLeod’s departure for Congress, Norma J. Torres was easily elected to the upper house. Although the counting of ballots is far from complete, it appears that Assemblymember Torres won in the heavily Democratic Senate District 32. She may be sworn into the 1,146th member […]

Filed Under: Current Research, ElectionVolunteer, JoinCalifornia, Redistricting, Special Elections, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories

May 13, 2013 By Alex Vassar

Sad Day for California

Very few people have changed Sacramento politics as much as Torey Van Oot has. In the four years she spent as a reporter at the Sacramento Bee and (for a long time) the primary contributor to the Bee’s Capitol Alert blog, Torey helped change news reporting in the state capital from a twice-per-day flood of information […]

Filed Under: Current Research, Editorial

May 5, 2013 By Alex Vassar

Quimby Plates on Ebay

Four months after the passing of former Assemblyman John P. Quimby, his legislative license plates have now been listed for sale on Ebay. The seller, who identifies himself as “Bob The License Plate Man from Woodland, CA” has set the price at $300 and the auction is scheduled to end in a little over two weeks […]

Filed Under: Current Research, Deaths, State Assembly, Top Stories

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