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October 8, 2012 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

Mervyn M. Dymally

Former Lt. Governor Merv Dymally died in Los Angeles yesterday. Dymally, who was first elected in 1962, saw the legislature move from part-time to full-time in 1966 and returned in 2002 to serve for six years in the term-limited era. He also served as Lt. Governor during Jerry Brown‘s first administration and as a Member […]

Filed Under: Constitutional Officers, Current Research, Deaths, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories, Uncategorized

July 31, 2012 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

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 24, 2012 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

Send us your head-shots!

One of the hardest parts about running a website like JoinCalifornia is the difficulty with tracking down good photographs of all the candidates. If you are working on a California campaign, or if you are a candidate yourself, please feel free to send us good photographs of yourself. Email files (no larger than 4 MB, […]

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