The Online Home of California's Political History
A third of all Term Limits 1.0 legislators (1991-2012) left office without ever terming out of either house.
The first person to ever resign from the Assembly after winning a Senate special election was Allen G. Thurman in 1947.
The longest gap in legislative service was Frederick Lux, who was out of office for 37 years between between his second and third Assembly terms.
February 12, 2021
From confrontations in the tense years before the Civil War to the recent work … [Read More...]
March 15, 2020
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March 14, 2020
In the first years of California statehood, the number of individuals who served … [Read More...]
June 15, 2019
Brian Dahle won last Tuesday's special election in SD-01, and was sworn in eight … [Read More...]
May 25, 2019
As mentioned in a previous post, our list of California state legislators dates … [Read More...]
Q: When was the last time a write-in candidate won a partisan political office? A: The last write-in candidate to win election was Ron Packard running for Congress in 1982. Write-ins have only been elected six times in the last century.
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