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March 18, 2015 By Alex Vassar

Runner and Moorlach Elected

In Tuesday night’s election, Sharon Runner easily won reelection to the State Senate, becoming only the third person to serve non-consecutive terms in the Senate in the past 50 years. Most recently, Jim Nielsen returned to the Senate in 2013 after a 23 year absence. Before then, John Holmdahl was reelected to the Senate in 1970 after […]

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

February 2, 2015 By Alex Vassar

Some Cool Things Named After California Legislators

On Friday, the City of Compton renamed a street in honor of Senator Isadore Hall, who was born in the city, served on the local school district board, the city council, as well as representing the area in both houses of the Legislature. Reflecting on this (and having compiled a list of “legislator placenames” a […]

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

January 23, 2015 By Alex Vassar

Sharon Runner is Lone Candidate in SD-21 Special Election

The filing period for the three State Senate special elections closed today at 5 pm. Most notable is that Sharon Runner was the only candidate to file in Senate District 21. It’s certainly not common for candidates to appear alone on Special Election ballots. In fact, according to a quick review of our records, it […]

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