Matt Blaze on Nostr: This keeps being relevant lately: The rules for replacing a US senator who dies, ...
This keeps being relevant lately: The rules for replacing a US senator who dies, resigns, or is expelled mid-term are state specific. For Graham's seat, the SC governor will appoint a replacement to serve the rest of his term, which ends this year.
Wrinkle: there will still be a special election. Graham was standing for re-election and had already won the primary, so SC will hold a special primary to replace him on the ballot ahead of the November election.
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