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March 26, 2022 By Alex Vassar

Running Unopposed in 2022

According the Notice to Candidates, issued by the Secretary of State on March 26, there will be 13 candidates for partisan office running unopposed in the June Primary. It’s important to remember that additional candidates may appear when the official list of candidates is released early next week, and that candidates can still qualify for […]

Filed Under: 2022 Election, Congress, Current Research, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly, State Senate, Term Limits, Top Stories

June 10, 2016 By Alex Vassar

Close 2nd Place Finishes

Under the Top Two Primary, it’s the battle between 2nd and 3rd place that is usually the most closely-watched. Here are the 11 races where 2nd and 3rd place are separated by fewer than 1000 votes. Close 2nd Place Finishes (as of 6/10/16 at 7:22 AM) CD-53    Veltmeyer trails Ash by 126 votes. CD-32    Hernández […]

Filed Under: 2016 Election, Congress, Current Research, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly, Top Stories

December 13, 2015 By Alex Vassar

Those we lost in 2015

In 2015, we said good-bye to a number of notable elected officials, including Don Edwards, whose work preserving the San Francisco Bay coast is easily visible today and Dick Mountjoy, a central figure in the Assembly speakership battle of 1995. 2015 also saw the demise of the Americans Elect political party, which lived for four years and only had […]

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