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September 19, 2012 By Alex Vassar

Congressman “Judge” Saund

Thursday is the 113th anniversary of former California Congressman Dalip Singh Saund. Born in India in 1899, Judge Saund became (in 1957) the first United States Congressman to have been born in Asia. Saund became a U.S. citizen in 1949 and was elected to a judicial office in Imperial County in 1950. He was denied […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Congress, Current Research, JoinCalifornia

September 19, 2012 By Alex Vassar

Fmr. Assemblyman Carl Washington arrested

Former Assemblyman Carl Washington was arrested by the FBI on fraud charges yesterday. More information here. The line in the KION article that reads “More than 40 current and past state lawmakers have been arrested since January on various charges” probably meant to say “county probation employee” rather than “current and past state lawmakers”. As […]

Filed Under: Current Research, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly

September 16, 2012 By Alex Vassar

1912 Election Data Errors Detected

Some errors were found last week in the 1912 General Election data. The error, which only seems to involve the Assembly races, appears to have happened when results from the Primary Election were imported instead of the General Election data.   9/17/12 @ 8:06 pm: The error has now been corrected. The election results that […]

Filed Under: Corrections, Current Research, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly

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