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Limitations on Incumbency in California

January 17, 2022 3:03 pmJanuary 17, 2022 7:59 am

California’s Government Code in Title 9, Chapter 9, has a series of code sections related to incumbency of elected officials. Chapter 9 contains Sections 89000 – 89003. Section 89000 provides that the order of names of candidates on the ballot...

The New Power of Incumbency: How COVID-19 Has Changed Voters’ Expectations for Politicians

April 2, 2020 3:06 pmApril 2, 2020 3:25 pm

Since 1964, voters have returned their incumbent representative to Washington 93 percent of the time. In recent years, however, the advantage typically belonged to the outsider candidate, the person vowing to drain the swamp from the state capital to Washington,...