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October 13, 2011 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

DYK: Willis Bradley

Only one Medal of Honor awardee has ever been elected to the California Legislature. It was U.S. Navy Captain Willis W. Bradley, who was presented with the Medal during World War I. Bradley later served as Naval Governor of Guam (1929-1931), a Member of Congress from California (1947-1949), before being elected to the Assembly in […]

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October 13, 2011 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

DYK: Half of ASMs Never Term Out

Half of California’s Assemblymembers since 1990 have never termed out? That’s right; of the 348 legislators to serve in the lower house in the past 21 years, only 151 (43%) termed out. Even if you exclude the 80 members currently serving, only 56% of Assemblymembers ever termed out.

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October 10, 2011 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

New One Voter now online.

Today, on the centennial of California’s initiative and referendum, we are relaunching the One Voter website. Among the new information that we’ve added are; * A new blog covering our research of California’s political history and commentaries on current political trends * Links to some of the most interesting legislative committee reports in California’s history […]

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