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minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-23 months agoOut of a cannon, right? … Right? edit: wait, doesn’t this mean that the new guy has to resign from the senate? Am I remembering this correctly?
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoYeah, but it won’t make a difference. The Governor gets to appoint a replacement to finish his term, and that runs through 2030. They aren’t going to appoint a Democrat. Most likely it will be a failed Republican candidate from a recent election.
minus-squaresawdustprophet@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months ago doesn’t this mean that the new guy has to resign from the senate? Yes, Mullin will have to give up his seat to take a position in the executive branch.
Out of a cannon, right?
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Right?
edit: wait, doesn’t this mean that the new guy has to resign from the senate? Am I remembering this correctly?
Yeah, but it won’t make a difference. The Governor gets to appoint a replacement to finish his term, and that runs through 2030. They aren’t going to appoint a Democrat. Most likely it will be a failed Republican candidate from a recent election.
Yes, Mullin will have to give up his seat to take a position in the executive branch.