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 […]
Two Ways to Measure Tenure
A follow-up to the recent post about legislator age statistics… another interesting way to look at the Legislature and the passage of time is to look at the members who had the longest legislative careers. But, as with everything else, there are multiple ways to measure “the longest legislative careers”; the easiest way to explain […]
Legislator Age Statistics
Of the 800+ California state legislators elected to their first terms since 1950, here are some age-related statistics. The big takeaways are… Sebastian Ridley-Thomas was the second-youngest member in 60 years. When Ian Calderon was elected, he was the youngest member since Tom McClintock in 1982. Cindy Montañez was the youngest modern woman to serve […]
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