jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agoMcConnell will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November after a record run in the jobapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up1594arrow-down111
arrow-up1583arrow-down1external-linkMcConnell will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November after a record run in the jobapnews.comjordanlund@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square132fedilink
minus-squareJaymesRS@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoI’m pretty sure Kentucky passed a bill saying that the replacement must be of the same party.
minus-squareChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-211 months agoYeah, McConnell saw his own time drawing to a close and had his buddies in Kentucky pass some legislation vote-proofing his seat against a Democratic replacement: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/28/heres-how-kentuckys-law-works-for-filling-u-s-senate-vacancies/70484359007/
I’m pretty sure Kentucky passed a bill saying that the replacement must be of the same party.
Yeah, McConnell saw his own time drawing to a close and had his buddies in Kentucky pass some legislation vote-proofing his seat against a Democratic replacement:
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/28/heres-how-kentuckys-law-works-for-filling-u-s-senate-vacancies/70484359007/