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December 13, 2015 By Alex Vassar

Those we lost in 2015

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 […]

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

December 3, 2015 By Alex Vassar

Perea to Resign December 31st

As was reported in the news yesterday, Assemblyman Henry T. Perea has announced that he will resign effective December 31st. Some quick statistics about his service and resignation; Perea will leave office after 265 weeks in office, ranking as California’s 3237th longest-serving legislator (just ahead of John Campbell at 264 weeks). In past 5 decades, only […]

Filed Under: 2016 Election, Current Research, From the Archive, Special Elections, State Assembly

December 3, 2015 By Alex Vassar

The Biggest-Promising Political Party You Haven’t Heard Of

In 2014, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez cruised to victory uncontested when she ran for her first reelection after a year and a half in office. In 2016, her most visible opponent appears to be one of the most interesting candidates in recent history. Louis J. Marinelli, is running as a candidate for the California National Party, which […]

Filed Under: 2016 Election, Political Parties, State Assembly, Top Stories

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