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Recent News

Krekorian Bill overturned by U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court released it's finding in National Meat Association v. Harris (10-224) this morning. In the decision, the court found that AB 2098 (2008) by Paul Krekorian, which require the immediate euthanization of any nonambulatory animal, violated Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA). [1/23]

Blakeslee Attempts Veto Override
During the Senate floor session today, State Senator Sam Blakeslee brought up one of his bills in order to attempt a veto override. The override of SB 356 (2011), vetoed in September by Governor Brown, failed on a 13-22 vote. [1/19]

Primary Candidate Tracking Report
There are currently 166 candidates for Congress and 320 candidates for the State Legislature in the 2012 Primary Election who are currently being tracked in preparation for updating the JoinCalifornia database. [1/19]

Friday, January 27, 2012 

Thank you for visiting the JoinCalifornia political archive. Since 2004, JoinCalifornia.com has grown into the largest online archive of California election results. We work continually to keep our candidate biographies updated with current information. Our records currently include state legislative races since 1898, and federal and statewide offices going back to 1849. This information includes 13,402 candidates running in 24,165 races in 496 elections.

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