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Renew Deal
(81,855 posts)Will there be a special election?
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)Per Ballotpedia:
Within 100 days of when governor receives official notice of vacancy, unless vacancy occurs in the year of a general state or congressional election, in which case the vacancy is filled in that election.
Renew Deal
(81,855 posts)for a few months?
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)Mississippi has an unusual special election law. All the candidates will run on one officially nonpartisan ballot on Nov. 6, and if no one takes a majority, the two candidates with the most votes advance to a runoff at a later date. By contrast, in normal state elections, both parties hold primaries, and require a primary runoff if no one takes a majority, and the nominees compete in the general election with their party affiliation listed.
Mississippi is a very red state, but GOP leaders have fretted that state Sen. Chris McDaniel, a tea partier who almost beat Cochran in 2014, could emerge as their nominee and cost them the race. Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have been talking to Bryant about whom he might appoint to the Senate to hold off McDaniel in a special, and they've even encouraged the governor to pick himself; Bryant reportedly isn't interested.
For his part, McDaniel announced at the end of February that he would challenge Sen. Roger Wicker, who is running for the normally-scheduled six-year term. However, McDaniel didn't rule out switching races and running in a special if there was one, and now he'll have his chance. Democrats don't have a great bench in Mississippi, but they'll want to field a viable candidate in case the GOP picks a weak nominee like they did in neighboring Alabama.
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)for Cochran's seat until the November election is held.
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)to fill the vacancy until the election is held.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)Sorry he's ill, but damned glad he's resigning.