Tucker Gains Key Assembly Post
After only two years in office, Democratic Assemblyman Curtis Tucker Jr. of Inglewood has gained one of the lower house’s most coveted assignments--a seat on the powerful Rules Committee.
Tucker was named to the nine-member panel Thursday to replace Jack O’Connell (D-Carpenteria), who was recently elected speaker pro tempore. The Rules Committee is in charge of assigning bills to the Assembly’s policy committees and also holds sway over the lower chamber’s day-to-day administration.
Tucker, 36, won election to the Assembly in February, 1989, capturing the seat his father had held for 14 years before dying in office in October, 1988. In an interview Friday, Tucker pronounced himself “a bit surprised but definitely pleased” by his appointment to the Rules Committee.
“I minded my p’s and q’s for the first two years and learned the process,” Tucker said. “Now I’ve got a little more latitude to get involved.”
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