Posts By: Dennis Nuxoll

With So Many Congressmen, Why Can’t California Get Anything it Wants?

California’s Congressional Delegation is the largest in the country at 53 members.  With that many members of Congress, other states usually harp about how California is able to secure anything it wants—but that feeling is more myth than reality because California’s Congressional delegation is sharply divided which undercuts California’s perceived strength. Indeed a simple analysis…