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January 8, 2013 By Alex Vassar

La Malfa Vacancy: Nielsen wins Special Election

Nine weeks ago, I wrote this article when it appeared that Jim Nielsen had received just over 50% of the vote in the Special Primary Election. He ended falling up a couple hundred votes short, so after correcting that first post, I’m going to rerelease it again tonight: With Jim Nielsen receiving nearly two thirds of […]

Filed Under: Current Research, JoinCalifornia, State Senate, Top Stories Tagged With: Assemblyman, California, Doug La Malfa, Election, Election Day, House of Representatives, Jim Nielsen, Special Election, State Senate

January 3, 2013 By Alex Vassar

Recent Resignations

Just to recap: On September 1st, Doug La Malfa resigned from the State Senate (at the end of the legislative session) in preparation for being sworn into Congress. On December 3rd, Bob Filner resigned from Congress to become Mayor of San Diego. On January 2nd, Gloria Negrete McLeod and Juan Vargas resigned from the State […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Congress, Current Research, State Senate

December 19, 2012 By Alex Vassar

Those we lost in 2012

As we again approach the end of the year, we wanted to take a moment to recognize the lives and contributions of those state and federal candidates and elected officials who died in 2012. JANUARY Ruben S. Ayala – State Senator (1974-1998) Louis N. Desmond – Candidate for State Senate, 1958 Jim Lloyd – Congressman […]

Filed Under: Congress, Constitutional Officers, Current Research, Deaths, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories, Uncategorized

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