On February 9, the California Assembly Rules Committee voted to send the nomination of Abel Maldonado, to be the new Lieutenant Governor, to the Assembly floor. California has no Lieutenant Governor now because the former incumbent, John Garamendi, was elected to Congress in a special election last year. California’s Constitution lets the Governor appoint vacancies in the statewide elected executive positions, subject to legislative veto. Maldonado is the State Senator who forced the California legislature to put the “top-two open primary” ballot measure on this year’s primary ballot. He had said he would not vote for the budget unless that were done.
Maldonado is a Republican, and Democrats control both houses of the California legislature. The Senate Rules Committee had approved Maldonado’s nomination earlier. In 2005, when California had a vacancy in the Secretary of State position, the Democratic-majority legislature also approved Governor Schwarzenegger’s nomination of a Republican to fill that vacancy.
The Los Angeles Times reports that some Democrats in the legislature are afraid that if Sen Maldonado gives up his Senate seat, they will not be able to get a 2/3 vote in the Senate for the budget.
That has convinced me to hope that Sen Maldonado is confirmed as Lt Governor.
Maldonado – – – author of the top two.
May he burn in Hell for all time.
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