Darr wasn’t a politician, but should’ve known better (and it was considered serious enough that the GOP majority in the legislature was going forward with impeachment). The good news is that Gov. Beebe cannot appoint a Democrat to the vacancy. It will require a special election or may go unfilled until next January.
That is fortunate.
I hope there is a special, a year is a little long for a post to go unfilled. In IL of course the LT can’t be replaced at all due to a state constitutional oversight. NY either, though the rats got around that with a court order.