sentences:  Shortly before the election he was selected as Kern county's delegate to the California Republican state convention.After taking office Werdel was appointed as chairman of the judiciary committee and also appointed as a member of the conservation, natural resources and planning, roads and highways, government efficiency and economy, and elections and reapportionment committees.The first legislation he proposed in the state assembly was a resolution requesting the federal government to grant funds to help in the construction of the Madera and Friant-Kern canals.