In December 2024, Assemblyman Corey Jackson introduced legislation (ACA 2 of 2024), the “Legislative Diversification Act”, which would create a retirement system for state lawmakers who served at least a decade. Of particular note is that the legislation is retroactive, requiring that the retirement system include “Members elected to or serving in the Legislature on […]
Adding Candidates
When to add candidates to the election data is always an interesting question. You definitely don’t want to preempt the voters, so filling in candidates on the General Election ballot ahead of the official results from the Primary is a precarious place to be. Alternatively, to be a timely resource you really do need stay […]
First Women to Chair Legislative Committees
I was recently asked who the first woman to chair a committee was. As it turns out, there wasn’t a single “first”. Instead, in 1919, the first session which included women legislators, two of the original four women were appointed as committee chairs: Elizabeth Hughes was appointed chair of Assembly Education and Eleanor Miller became […]
