Just a quick and relevant refresher of North Carolina’s rules on filling a vacancy in the Senate from the National Conference of State Legislatures:
In the following 36 states, the governor makes an appointment to fill a U.S. Senate vacancy, and the appointee serves until the next regularly-scheduled, statewide general election. The person elected at that next regularly-held general election serves for the remainder of the unexpired term, if any. If the term was set to expire at that general election, the person elected serves a full six-year term.
Arkansas Kansas New Mexico Arizona (1) Kentucky New York (2) California Maine North Carolina (1) Colorado Maryland (1) Ohio Delaware Michigan Pennsylvania Florida Minnesota (2) South Carolina Georgia Missouri South Dakota Hawaii (1,2,3) Montana Tennessee Idaho Nebraska Utah (1) Illinois Nevada Virginia (2) Indiana New Hampshire West Virginia Iowa New Jersey (2) Wyoming (1) (1) The governor’s appointee must be of the same political party as that of the vacating Senator.
And why is this important?
FBI serves warrant on Sen. Burr and seizes cell phone in stock investigation. Per @latimes https://t.co/56MbrZEsq8
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) May 14, 2020
If Burr (R-NC) was to resign, the seat would not flip even though the Governor of North Carolina is Democrat Roy Cooper.
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