Thoughts on Michael Moore’s suggestion for a Harris/Whitmer ticket?

  • very_well_lost@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    As I mentioned, taking Kelly away from the seat wouldn’t cost Democrats anything in the Senate.

    But to go into a little more detail, It’s actually Arizona law that the person appointed by the governor must be from the same political party as the person leaving office. Kelly will be replaced by another Democrat, and since his term would have lasted longer than 150 days, Arizona law also stipulates that the replacement will serve out the rest of that term with no special election taking place. Republicans would have to wait until 2026 to get another shot at capturing that seat, which is two years for Kelly’s replacement to get a headstart on fundraising and campaigning over their eventual opponent.