Today’s the deadline for calling a special election to fill the vacant seat. The GOP is very aware of how badly they’ve been doing in special elections recently, so don’t want to risk losing their hold on the Senate, and having to run against an incumbent in the general
Sorry if I’m out of the loop but why would it become public tomorrow especially?
Today’s the deadline for calling a special election to fill the vacant seat. The GOP is very aware of how badly they’ve been doing in special elections recently, so don’t want to risk losing their hold on the Senate, and having to run against an incumbent in the general
If he dies late enough, they dont have to replace him. If he dies too early, they need to hold an election (which will almost definitely go left)
It might not go left but it would let Thomas Massie run for that seat and they don’t want that.