Q: Who was the highest-ranking California elected official to ever be impeached?
A: State Treasurer Henry Bates was impeached in 1857 but resigned before he could be removed from office.
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Q: Who was the highest-ranking California elected official to ever be impeached?
A: State Treasurer Henry Bates was impeached in 1857 but resigned before he could be removed from office.
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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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