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October 1, 2011 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

The Missing Lieutenant Governor

As anyone who visits Wikipedia can tell you, Gavin Newsom is the 49th Lieutenant Governor of California. What few people know is that the count of Lt. Governors is off by one, and that Newsom is actually Lt. Governor #50. As we reviewed in a recent article, there have been five different ways to assume […]

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September 15, 2011 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

California’s Legislature, 2011 ed.

Thursday marked the release of the 2011 edition of California’s Legislature by the Assembly Chief Clerk’s Office. The book, updated and released periodically since the 1940s, was most recently updated in 2006. Among the features in the new edition; The party composition of the Legislature for each session since 1849. An expanded glossary of legislative […]

Filed Under: Constitutional Officers, Current Research, State Assembly, State Senate

August 20, 2011 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

Five Ways to Become Lieutenant Governor

During research into the history of the office of Lieutenant Governor, one interesting fact became increasingly obvious; there are more different ways to assume that office than any other. In fact, our current count is that there have been five distinct ways to assume California’s second highest office; Election by voters in a statewide election […]

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