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July 14, 2016 By Alex Vassar

Sharon Runner (1954-2016)

According to an article in the Sacramento Bee, Senator Sharon Runner has died. Runner, the 99th woman to serve in the California State Legislature, served in the Assembly from 2002-2008 and in the State Senate from 2011-2012 and 2015-2016. Sharon Runner held an interesting spot in California history, being the first person elected to the State […]

Filed Under: Current Research, Deaths, Editorial, State Senate, Top Stories

December 13, 2015 By Alex Vassar

Those we lost in 2015

In 2015, we said good-bye to a number of notable elected officials, including Don Edwards, whose work preserving the San Francisco Bay coast is easily visible today and Dick Mountjoy, a central figure in the Assembly speakership battle of 1995. 2015 also saw the demise of the Americans Elect political party, which lived for four years and only had […]

Filed Under: Congress, Current Research, Deaths, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories

November 20, 2015 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

NEW CHART: Legislators by Freshman Class

After getting introductions to two new databases for biographical research (one of which is Moose Roots, a great collection of Census records as well as birth/death records), I started a refresh of the information in JoinCalifornia.com. The refresh included, among other things, updating the list of living and deceased former California legislators. During this update, former Assemblyman Larry Chimbole (Assembly […]

Filed Under: Current Research, Deaths, Editorial, JoinCalifornia, Special Elections, State Assembly, State Senate, Term Limits, Top Stories

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