Shake-up in The CA State Senate – New GOP Leader

According to TDR sources, and confirmed by Chuck DeVore via Twitter, Senator George Runner (SD-17) will be the new GOP Leader for the next 45 days, replacing Senator Dave Cogdill.

The shake-up happend moments ago, during a two hour (as of now 11:55pm) Republican caucus. Cogdill has been siding with the democrats on the budget vote and angered many of his collegues. George Runner has been a strong voice against the Big 5 tax and spend budget in the Senate.

Developing… (It’s late so hopefully this is right, because it won’t be fixed till the morning. )

UPDATE: (Probably the last one of the night). The LA Times picked up the story (but without Runner’s name in it) so it looks like Cogdill is out… Not too shocking since he tried to resign on Saturday, his collegues have not been happy with him.

So are negotiations over, or will they have to start again? We’ll see…

UPDATE: (So, that wasn’t the last one.) Steingberg just congratulated Dennis Hollingsworth… He may be the new leader and not George Runner…

UPDATE: Dennis Hollingsworth (SD-36) is the new CA Senate Minority Leader, confirmed at Calitics. Congratulations Senator Hollingsworth!

Statement from former Minority Leader Dave Cogdill (SD-14) on the leadership change.