Posted on 12/06/2017 1:08:54 PM PST by ColdOne
Minnesota state law is pretty clear on what the next steps will be, stipulating that in the event of a vacancy in the Senate, a special election “shall be held at the next November election if the vacancy occurs at least 11 weeks before the regular state primary preceding that election.”
Franken’s resignation, if it happens tomorrow, will indeed occur more than 11 weeks before the state primary, meaning that a special election will be held in November 2018 to decide who Franken’s permanent replacement will be.
In the meantime, Democratic Governor Mark Dayton is given the ability to make a “temporary appointment to fill any vacancy,” according to state law.
In other words, Dayton can pick whoever he wants and this pick is guaranteed to be a Democrat. Which Democrat? That is still up in the air, but leading candidates would have to be Rep. Keith Ellison, Attorney General Lori Swanson, State Auditor Rebecca Otto and Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith.
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His seat gets fried. Already happening...
Perzackley!..................
the clown goes back to SNL to rape and molest his fellow leftard so-called comedians..
The door hits it on the way out.
Keith Ellison or another liberal Democrat. Same crap, different day.
The Rat Party will *never* put the country's interests...or what's truly right...before Party.
I’d recommend disinfecting it first before anyone else uses it.
This is always the game played by Democrats. Vacate the seat early enough that the governor then picks the replacement who will inherit the fundraising machinery of the person stepping down and then has the “incumbent” advantage in the election. The challenger usually cannot compete, so you never really have an “open” seat.
It’s always scheduled that way in may state, local and national, so a lot of people just don’t even vote any more because in effect, successors are always simply picked by the governor from a list provided by the State Democrat Party.
How about Dayton names himself. Been done before.
Being Minnesota they just might appoint a Somali refugee.
>>>Senator Keith Ellison?
He can have an office right next to Roy Moore and they can debate whether or not the Constitution allows for a religious test.
[ The Rat Party will *never* put the country’s interests...or what’s truly right...before Party. ]
Hey! Just like GOPe Jeff Flake!! (we all know he’s just a Democrat in disguise)
Dayton is barely lucid these days.
This is why the dimoKKKRATS are not defending Franken. I can guarantee you if this was a Republican controlled state the dimoKKKKRATS would be covering for Al.
No. Minnesota already has its mussulman Senator Ellison, it now needs to find a mussulman Representative - there are lots of Somalis in the state who who fit the bill - don’t see why it would matter if they are legal or illegal, speak English, or are still Somali citizens ... Minnesotans would not care or rather they’d just love it.
Please be Ellison!! The guy is a complete nutjob, and there is no way he will win statewide in November!
Why do people call Democrat seats “Their seats”?
It’s Minnesota’s seat.
I would think a female would be replacing him but it is Minnesota
I would hope you’re correct, but it IS Minnesota, after all...
coughJesseVenturacough
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