Former State Senator Dan Boatwright died Friday at his home in Clayton, the Sacramento Bee reported Saturday. Boatwright served in the Assembly from 1973-1980 and in the Senate from 1981-1996. During a 2009 interview, Boatwright had noted that he was the only legislator to sit as chair of every fiscal committee in both houses of […]

The Ventura County Star is reporting that former State Senator Cathie Wright died Saturday.Wright spent 20 years in the legislature, making her the fourth longest-serving woman in the history of the state legislature (and the longest-serving Republican woman). Wright is survived by daughter Victoria Catherine(currently a Republican primary candidate for Congress) and granddaughter Marissa Wright. […]