The 2011 Redistricting has led to a significant number of legislators who will be changing district numbers in the 2012 election. One interesting impact is in the State Senate, where the four year terms are likely to cause a number of vacancies as members jockey for their new districts. Although it’s still early to figure […]
Record Setting Legislative Turnover
Based on the current numbers, it appears that California may have more new legislators in 2013 than it has seen in nearly a century. There are 120 inumbent state legislators, of whom 29 will be terming out this year; 7 State Senators; Alquist, Calderon, Dutton, Harman, Kehoe, Lowenthal, Simitian 22 Assemblymembers; Beall, Calderon, Cedillo, Cook, […]
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 […]