• Home
  • About Us
    • JoinCalifornia
    • Use as a Reference
  • Political History
    • 2021 Senate to Assembly District Table
    • Term Limits in California
    • Legislative Committee Reports
    • Notable No Votes
    • Redistricting
    • Scott Lay’s Sofa Degree
    • Legislative Staff
  • Nelson S. Dilworth Collection
    • California’s Military History
  • Leroy F. Greene Collection
  • Covering the Capitol
  • Article Topics
    • Top Stories
    • 2014 Election
    • 2012 Election
    • Current Research
    • Constitutional Officers
    • Congress
    • State Senate
    • State Assembly
    • Deaths

One Voter Project

The Online Home of California's Political History

January 23, 2017 By Alex Vassar

California Lawmaker Now Available

Now available on Amazon.com is California Lawmaker by Alex Vassar, editor of the One Voter Project. Alex has spent years studying the California’s Legislature and is quoted regularly by journalists around the state. California’s Legislature and the people who have served in it have an amazingly rich history. Some have held positions of national importance like Secretary of […]

Filed Under: Current Research, Editorial, JoinCalifornia, Top Stories Tagged With: book, California, California Lawmaker, california legislature, State Assembly, State Senate

December 6, 2014 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

Rod Wright Resignation Letter

The Senate Journal from September 17th contained Senator Rod Wright‘s resignation letter (which went into effect on September 22nd). September 15, 2014 Dear Mr. Schmidt: Effective September 22, 2014, I hereby resign from the California State Senate. Sincerely, RODERICK D. WRIGHT Some thoughts about Wright’s letter; Wright was the first since Senator John J. Benoit in […]

Filed Under: Current Research, JoinCalifornia, Special Elections, State Senate, Top Stories Tagged With: California, Resignation, Rod Wright, Senate, State Senate

June 30, 2013 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

Price Resignation Letter

Current Price resigned from the State Senate this morning, concluding his service with the longest resignation letter in more than a decade. At 240 words, Price’s letter is the longest since Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas resigned the very same seat in 2009 (but used an extra 56 words to do it. From a historian’s perspective, Price […]

Filed Under: Current Research, JoinCalifornia, Special Elections, State Senate, Top Stories Tagged With: California, Curren Price, Los Angeles, Special Election, State Senate

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Next Page »

Recent News

What Happened in the 2022 Election

November 13, 2022

[Updated 12/12] That was interesting. An election season that roared by in … [Read More...]

Running Unopposed in 2022

March 26, 2022

The California State Capitol According the Notice to Candidates, issued by … [Read More...]

Dilworth Video

October 8, 2021

An introduction to the story of State Senator Nelson Dilworth and the amazing … [Read More...]

NEW BOOK: California Lawmaker 2021

February 12, 2021

From confrontations in the tense years before the Civil War to the recent work … [Read More...]

Women in Statewide Office

January 29, 2021

As an update to a post from 2018, which noted that three was the highest number … [Read More...]

Latest Tweets

  • Just now
  • More Tweets by Alex Vassar

Fun Fact

In 1985, California state legislators were paid $33,732 plus $66 in per diem.

California Lawmaker 2021

Now Available on Amazon

Recent Posts

  • Mike McGuire to be California’s next Senate pro Tem August 29, 2023
  • 2011 Senate District to Assembly District Conversion Table (2012-2024) August 14, 2023
  • State Medals February 7, 2023
  • What Happened in the 2022 Election November 13, 2022

Copyright © 2023 · Education Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in