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May 14, 2013 By Alex Vassar

SD32: Norma Torres wins election to Senate

In today’s Special Election to fill the vacancy created by Senator Negrete McLeod’s departure for Congress, Norma J. Torres was easily elected to the upper house. Although the counting of ballots is far from complete, it appears that Assemblymember Torres won in the heavily Democratic Senate District 32. She may be sworn into the 1,146th member […]

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

April 11, 2013 By Alex Vassar

State Senate Resignations

Less than six months into the 2013-14 Legislative Session and there have already been three resignations in the State Senate (Senators Negrete McLeod and Vargas in January and Senator Rubio in February). The three resignations, with another possible in June (Curren D. Price), would make make the 2013 tie 1993 as the Senate’s most resignation-heavy […]

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

March 31, 2013 By Alex Vassar

SD-16 and AD-80 candidates set

The Secretary of State will be releasing the official list of qualified candidates for the SD-16 and AD-80 Special Elections on April 2, but the Notice to Candidates (an early list of candidates that’s almost always identical to the qualified candidates list) came out late last week. The candidates are: Senate District 16 Mohammad Arif […]

Filed Under: Current Research, JoinCalifornia, Special Elections, State Assembly, State Senate Tagged With: AD-80, Ben Hueso, Michael Rubio, SD-16, Special Election

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