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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 […]

Filed Under: Congress, Current Research

June 21, 2012 By Alex Vassar

The Vigilante Assemblyman and his Folding Chairs

Walter Murray was quite the interesting guy. Born in London, Murray moved to the United States at a young age. In his thirties, he fought in the Mexican-American War. He moved to California and soon married Mercedes Espinosa (the two had six children). By the late 1850s, he was a leader of the San Luis […]

Filed Under: Current Research, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly

June 14, 2012 By Alex Vassar

Close Races

There are still some very close elections out there. As the votes continue to be counted, there are a handful of close elections that we are watching (including two separated by less than 100 votes). The current numbers; Congress In CD-08, Paul Cook is hanging onto second place by 233 votes. In CD-21, John Hernandez […]

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

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