"If a vacancy occurs due to a senator's resignation or expulsion, the Seventeenth Amendment allows state legislatures to empower the governor to appoint a replacement to complete the term or to hold office until a special election can take place."
So... will Gavin Newsom select Kamala Harris as Schiff's replacement in the Senate?
Can’t imagine there has ever been a senator who so graciously served as vp, eventually seen as the (unelected) deputy president, then failed president-elect, potentially again appointed (unelected) to a senate vacancy? She may have just nuked the glass ceiling for firsts here
I have a feeling Kamala isn't done stinking up the place yet.
Someone paid BIG money to put her in powerful positions, despite her stupidity (or perhaps because of it). They aren't about to lose out on that investment.
"If a vacancy occurs due to a senator's resignation or expulsion, the Seventeenth Amendment allows state legislatures to empower the governor to appoint a replacement to complete the term or to hold office until a special election can take place."
So... will Gavin Newsom select Kamala Harris as Schiff's replacement in the Senate?
Can’t imagine there has ever been a senator who so graciously served as vp, eventually seen as the (unelected) deputy president, then failed president-elect, potentially again appointed (unelected) to a senate vacancy? She may have just nuked the glass ceiling for firsts here
I have a feeling Kamala isn't done stinking up the place yet.
Someone paid BIG money to put her in powerful positions, despite her stupidity (or perhaps because of it). They aren't about to lose out on that investment.
Oh now. A good question and concern.
This varies by state as well.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/05/how-are-us-senate-vacancies-filled-in-kentucky/78253161007/