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March 15, 2020 By Alex Vassar

NEW BOOK: Freedom by State Senator Nelson S. Dilworth

New available on Amazon.com is Freedom: Reflections on What Makes America Great from a Veteran of World War I by State Senator Nelson S. Dilworth. Dilworth had a varied career, including time as a rancher, a newspaper publisher, and lawmaker. After serving as the publisher of the Coachella Valley News, Dilworth enlisted in the U.S. Army […]

Filed Under: Current Research, From the Archive, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories

March 14, 2020 By Alex Vassar

The 129-year-old Case of Robert Desty

In the first years of California statehood, the number of individuals who served in the state legislature was huge. With shorter sessions (one-year Assembly terms and two-year Senate terms) and very few legislators who served multiple terms, each decade saw hundreds of new lawmakers rather than the 120-150 that we’ve seen in recent years. For […]

Filed Under: Corrections, Current Research, Editorial, From the Archive, JoinCalifornia, State Senate, Top Stories

June 15, 2019 By Alex Vassar

SD-01 Special Election Results

Brian Dahle won last Tuesday’s special election in SD-01, and was sworn in eight days later. What I thought was interesting was that with the southern part of the district reporting vote totals earlier, Kevin Kiley led in the returns until over a third of the votes had been cast. The timeline is listed below. […]

Filed Under: Current Research, Editorial, Special Elections, State Senate

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