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Term Limits Take Out Legislative Leaders
Term limits will shake up the leadership in 13 statehouses as 268 state legislators -- including more than 125 floor leaders and committee chairs -- are forced from office this year. Hardest hit will be Nebraska, where term limits take effect for the first time and will force 20 of the 49 members of its unicameral Legislature to step down.more -
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Term Limits Mean Pink Slip for California's Burton
Term limits are stopping at least 26 veteran legislative leaders and 114 chairs of standing committees from seeking re-election to statehouses this year, but few term-limited lawmakers are more powerful than California Senate President Pro Tem John Burton (D). more
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Term-Limit Movement is Running Out of Steam
After a flurry of activity in the 1990s, interest in term limits for state legislators has peaked. Already, five of 21 states that adopted the popular government reform have reversed course, and Wyoming may become the sixth to overturn its legislative term limits. more
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Idaho Lawmakers Act To End Term Limits
Idaho often ranks near the bottom of lists measuring trends in state government. But it may now be able to claim a first. That's because both Idaho's House and Senate voted to repeal a term limits initiative passed by voters in 1994 -- and went on to override Gov. Dirk Kempthorne's veto. more
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Term Limits Hit Lawmakers In 11 States
Legislatures in 11 states face fallout from term limits in this year's elections with 330 lawmakers being forced to step down after 12 or fewer years in office. The Michigan state Senate, which will lose 27 of its 38 members, will be hardest hit. The Missouri Legislature will suffer heavily as well -- it bids farewell to 75 of its 163 House members and 12 of its 34 Senators more
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Michigan Legislature Feeling Impact Of Term Limits
In Maine, Arkansas, Missouri, California, Colorado, Oregon and Michigan, there are a lot of new faces in the legislature this year. These seven states are feeling the impact of term limits that drove scores of veteran lawmakers out of office in 1998. Eleven more states will be affected in coming years as state government is transformed. In this special report, stateline.org examines how the term limit experiment is working in Michigan, which is second only to Arkansas in the number of new legislators. more