by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

I'm headed off to Texas here in a bit, and juls is off to Ohio. This weekend should be really interesting heading into what might be make or break primaries.  Over the flip, check the 50 state roundup.

California
   Karen Bass will become the new Speaker of the Assembly. She will team with Senator Darrell Steinberg to lead the California legislature for the next two years. She is the first female Democrat to lead the Assembly.

New York
   Daily Gotham reports on endorsements in a Congressional race beginning to heat up in New York's 13th District. This one is all that stands between us and a free-of-republican-Congressmen New York City.

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Over the flip you'll find the weekly 50 (more or less) state roundup. Thanks to Betsy of BlueNC for this week's roundup.

New Mexico 
   The greatest YouTube video you will ever see, featuring Republican candidate for House in NM-01, Darren White.  He's telling us to just say no.  Impossible not to watch more than once.

Virginia 
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/344/design3bdr7.jpg " align = "center" height= "50">   How Virginia Won't Close Its Budget Gap, and How It Should How Virginia Won't Close Its Budget Gap, and How It ShouldHow Virginia Won't Close Its Budget Gap, and How It Should

California 
   CA-12: Tom Lantos could get a challenge from former state senator Jackie Speier.

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Flip it for the weekly 50 state roundup. Thanks to the folks at BlueNC for putting this one together.
We don't have anything fancy like ClemG's post last week, just a plain Jane A-Z roundup.  Thanks to everyone who sent in submissions - especially to Mike for saving me with a nice long list.

Follow below the fold for the rest of the roundup.

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Hello, this is Isaac of Free
State Politics, Maryland's progressive community blog and member
of the 50 state blog network. For the past few weeks, one of us has
been compiling a digest of links from the blogs in the network,
highlighting important affairs going on under the national radar. I
didn't see anyone put together a roundup for this week, however, so I
spent this morning taking care of it. Enjoy!

(P.S. My apologies to Square State, Fla. Politics, and Green Mountain
Daily for not including your contributions -- for some reason, I
couldn't access your sites this morning.)

See what's happening on the state level below the fold...

Northeast

Connecticut's
Senate Minority Leader, Joe DeLuca (R), plead guilty last
week for possible mob-related activities, and My Left Nutmeg covered the local Republicans' attempts at href="http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=7156" >damage
control.

After the telcos failed to gut net neutrality
in Congress last year, the fight has moved to the states; Downeasta at
Turn Maine Blue directs our attention to a possibly
successful net neutrality initiative in the Maine legislature.

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics: Soapblox California - Front Page]

I'm at the DNC Western Caucus right now, and my internet connection is quite slow. Click here for the DNC Western Caucus Blog.  I'll get some posts up shortly.  For now, here's the 50-state roundup, posts from across the BlogPAC network.

Hello, I'm LP from New Mexico FBIHOP, part of the 50-State Blog Network.  The Network is a group of community blogs from around the nation that blog about local issues.  They also allow diaries, so you can write your two-cents on local issues as well. 

Every Friday, one of us compiles a Roundup of notable posts from the blogs on the network.  This week, I volunteered, and the following are stories that either I found by reading, were sent to me by blog authors or readers or just came to me in a vision.  If you want to help out,  Minnesota Campaign Report has graciously agreed to compile the State Blog Roundup on June 1. Please send recommended stories this upcoming week to: mncampaignreport [at] yahoo.com . To volunteer to compile a future round-up contact Clem G. at wvablue [at] gmail.com.

Oh, and as always, feel free to take this post and put it up on your blog.  Just attribute it to me or the 50-State Blog Network.  Thanks, and on to the Roundup!