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March 7, 2024 By Alex Vassar

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 […]

Filed Under: Current Research, Editorial, JoinCalifornia, Uncategorized

March 14, 2020 By Alex Vassar

The 129-year-old Case of Robert Desty

In the first years of California statehood, the number of individuals who served in the state legislature was huge. With shorter sessions (one-year Assembly terms and two-year Senate terms) and very few legislators who served multiple terms, each decade saw hundreds of new lawmakers rather than the 120-150 that we’ve seen in recent years. For […]

Filed Under: Corrections, Current Research, Editorial, From the Archive, JoinCalifornia, State Senate, Top Stories

June 15, 2019 By Alex Vassar

SD-01 Special Election Results

Brian Dahle won last Tuesday’s special election in SD-01, and was sworn in eight days later. What I thought was interesting was that with the southern part of the district reporting vote totals earlier, Kevin Kiley led in the returns until over a third of the votes had been cast. The timeline is listed below. […]

Filed Under: Current Research, Editorial, Special Elections, State Senate

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