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July 31, 2012 By Alex Vassar

Denver and Gilbert at 160: Locating the Site of the Duel

Thursday marks the 160th anniversary of the most important duels in California history. Unlike the Terry-Broderick Duel (the cause of which was more a personal dispute), the Denver-Gilbert Duel was strictly political. The two combatants, State Senator James W. Denver and former Congressman Edward Gilbert, were two well-known figures at the time. Gilbert had been […]

Filed Under: Congress, Constitutional Officers, Current Research, Deaths, JoinCalifornia, Top Stories

July 16, 2012 By Alex Vassar

Six Write-in Candidates Qualify for November

Six candidates qualified for the 2012 General Election ballot by running as write-ins in the June Primary, according to information released Friday by the Secretary of State’s office. According to the Statement of Vote for the June Primary, three Republicans and three Peace and Freedom Party candidates received enough votes to be one of the […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Congress, Current Research, ElectionVolunteer, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories

June 25, 2012 By Alex Vassar

Tan Nguyen Released

The Federal Bureau of Prisons website is reporting that former California congressional candidate Tan Nguyen was released from prison on June 11. In 2011, Nguyen “was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for his conviction last year on a federal obstruction of justice charge stemming from lies he told to California […]

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