California's lieutenant-governor and Assembly speaker are Latino, as are many mayors (including the mayor of Los Angeles) and members of school boards.

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One such project, according to the governor, was the assembly plant that Volkswagen opened last year in Chattanooga, Tenn.

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There is also South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who climbed from the General Assembly to the Governor's Mansion, breaking a number of historical barriers along the way.

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Just a few months ago, State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser who is seeking his third term and is a well-known name in the state having served as Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly before Republican Governor Tommy Thompson appointed him to the high court where he became a part of the 4-3 conservative majority, was headed for re-election in a cakewalk.

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All the main voting blocks in the municipal assembly have scurried to back the governor.

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Easton didn't call it quits when he left the lab, however, and eventually served two terms in the New Hampshire State Assembly, and even ran for Governor in 1986.

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The governor can begin delivering on this promise by supporting AB 1850, a bill introduced by Assembly Majority Leader Charles Calderon and passed yesterday by the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communication, which would improve the way the California Energy Commission (CEC) considers energy efficiency in rapidly evolving industries like consumer electronics.

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Virginia's General Assembly was the first state to pass UCITA legislation, and the bill is now awaiting the governor's signature.

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