{"id":7894,"date":"2022-01-10T14:31:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=7894"},"modified":"2022-01-10T14:31:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:31:02","slug":"15-ca-legislators-will-not-seek-re-election-or-have-already-resigned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=7894","title":{"rendered":"15 CA Legislators Will Not Seek Re-Election or Have Already Resigned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the new lines officially set after redistricting, over a dozen California legislators have resigned their seats or have chosen to not seek re-election. Some have taken positions elsewhere or are seeking higher positions while others have been drawn into seats with a political battle they simply do not want to fight.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far, 15 Assembly and Senate members have already resigned or announced that they will not seek re-election. Just last week, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/newsletters\/whatmatters\/2022\/01\/california-legislature-labor-gonzalez\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez resigned <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to take a job with the California Labor Federation. After Gonzalez, came back to back announcements from Democrat State Senator\u00a0 Connie Leyva of Chino and Assemblymember Patrick O\u2019Donnell of Long Beach that the two would not seek re-election. The announcement was a shock as both have four years left until they are term-limited. On Thursday, Republican Assemblyman Kevin Kiley announced that he will not seek re-election to the Assembly<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gbacampaigns\/status\/1479230422920105984?s=21\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but will instead run for Congress<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The amount of departures seems rather odd. California passed Proposition 28 back in 2012, which extended the amount of time legislators are allowed to hold office to a total of 12 years in either the Assembly of the Senate. Out of the 120 total seats in the Legislature, 22 of them will be occupied by someone new. There are already special elections for four seats. Election seats for<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.ca.gov\/elections\/upcoming-elections\/2022-ad17\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Assembly seats 17 and 49 will be held on February 15th<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Districts 11 and 80 in the Assembly will have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2022\/01\/07\/governor-newsom-declares-statewide-primary-election-and-special-elections-for-22nd-congressional-district-11th-and-80th-assembly-districts\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">special elections held on April 5th<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Candidates have until mid-March to file for the 2022 election so there could be even more decisions to come.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The amount of legislators leaving is the highest California has seen in years. In 2020, just five legislators said they would not seek re-election. In 2018 and 2016, that number was four. But in 2022, that number is 11 and it could be even higher as the year goes on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo Cred: Miguel Gutierrez Jr.\/ CalMatters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the new lines officially set after redistricting, over a dozen California legislators have resigned their seats or have chosen to not seek re-election. 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