State law says the governor appoints a replacement for the remainder of the term.
The only thing I know about Biggs is that he is (was ?) Securities Commissioner and apparently is quite liberal with the state’s money
Well he's still the Securities Commissioner, though I don't know how he can be liberal with the state's money in a position like that. Before that he was the Geary County DA and he also came close to beating Kline in the 2002 AG election. I think that's one of the reasons why his name is being floated.
How convenient... for the Democrats. I would certainly not hesistate to introduce legislation that if a statewide incumbent resigns before the 2-year mark in their term that a special election should be called to fill the remainder (probably also barring an interim appointee from running for the office as well). It's not right that the appointee will be serving longer than the person elected to the office.
"Well he's still the Securities Commissioner, though I don't know how he can be liberal with the state's money in a position like that. Before that he was the Geary County DA and he also came close to beating Kline in the 2002 AG election. I think that's one of the reasons why his name is being floated."
No wonder you're so excited about him. He smells like another Gilligan-Sebelius rodent hack.