Originally Posted by pondering_it_all
Whoever Biden picks, he's going to have to be careful if that woman holds a senate seat. He's going to need all the Democrats he can get in the senate. When senators leave early, the state's governor gets to pick a temporary substitute. But that person may hold office for 6 years, so not necessarily very temporary!

For most states the appointment is only good until the next scheduled election. Isakson resigned in January, our governor appoint Loeffler, but she has to run in November. So we have two senate races this year. Like Arizona did in 2018. The normal one and a special election. Whoever wins the special election will have to run again in 2022 as that seat is a class III seat. 2016-2022,


It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.