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INDIANA DEMOCRATS CHOSE REPRESENTATIVE TERRY GOODIN AS THEIR NEW MINORITY LEADER. He succeeds Representative Scott Pelath, who decided to step down and won't seek re-election in November.

"If you really want citizen legislators, after 20 years, you're no longer a citizen, you're a politician."

Minnesota Senator Rich Draheim (R) on his bill to ban lawmakers from serving more than 20 consecutive years in the Legislature. in the Mankato Free Press.

OREGON SENATOR JACKIE WINTERS IS THE CHAMBER'S NEW GOP LEADER. She succeeds Senator Ted Ferrioli (R). who was named to an executive post by the governor. Winters, 80, is the longest serving African-American in the legislature and becomes the fourth woman currently serving in top leadership posts in the two chambers.

CALIFORNIA SENATE DEMOCRATS, WHO HOLD A SUPERMAJORITY, CHOSE SENATOR TONI ATKINS (D) TO BE THEIR NEXT LEADER. She replaces California Senate President Kevin de Leon (D), the first Latino to lead a legislative chamber in the state in more than 100 years. De Leon is term-limited and is challenging Dianne Feinstein for her U.S. Senate seat. Atkins, elected to the Senate in 2010, previously served in the Assembly and became speaker in 2014.

"We've seen masked, hooded people breaking windows, hitting people, fighting with police,"

Arizona Representative Jay Lawrence (R) on his proposal to make it a felony to wear a disguise to evade recognition or identification in the commission of a public offense, in the Arizona Capitol Times.

"This is going to be five to 10 years of work."

Colorado Representative Brittany Pettersen (D) on the state's aggressive approach to dealing with the opioid and heroin epidemic, in The Denver Post.

REPRESENTATIVE GENE CHANDLER (RI IS NEW HAMPSHIRE'S NEW HOUSE SPEAKER. He replaces Speaker Shawn Jasper (R), who stepped down halfway through his second term as leader to become the state's commissioner of agriculture. Chandler served as speaker from 2001 to 2004 and was deputy speaker before the leadership election. Six others had initially thrown in their hats for the speakership, which Chandler won on the second round...