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February 22, 2013 By Alex Vassar

Resigning from the Legislature

With the resignation of Senator Michael Rubio today (see article here), it seemed that a quick stroll down “Resignation letter” memory lane was in order at this time. Some statistics for those of you who are really interested in these things: Since 1849, there have been 70 resignations in the State Senate and 127 in […]

Filed Under: Current Research, JoinCalifornia, Special Elections, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories

February 3, 2013 By Alex Vassar

Superbowl Sunday

Just to confirm what you probably already suspected: no California legislator has ever played in a Super Bowl game. Assemblyman Peter Schabarum played for the San Francisco 49ers (who will hopefully win today) in 1951 and 1953-54. Senator Ed Vincent played for the Los Angeles Rams in 1950s, as did Marlin McKeever (a 1970s candidate […]

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

January 29, 2013 By Alex Vassar

Correction: John Campbell resignation date

When State Senator John Campbell resigned in order to be sworn in as a Member of Congress, he wrote and signed his letter on December 7, 2005. The letter wasn’t printed in the Senate Journal until January 4, 2006. This has led some sources, including us until this evening, to record the date of his […]

Filed Under: Congress, Corrections, Current Research, JoinCalifornia, State Senate

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