AZ-SEN: Mark Kelly could be sworn into the U.S. Senate early if he wins race, experts say

[RandySF]

f Mark Kelly defeats incumbent Sen. Martha McSally in Arizona's high-stakes U.S. Senate race, he may not have to wait long to start work in Washington, D.C.

Two Republican and Democratic election attorneys agree that state law and Senate practices would make Kelly eligible to take over the seat once held by Sen. John McCain as soon as Nov. 30, when the state election results are expected to be canvassed.

If that happens, Kelly would help to narrow Republicans’ 53-47 majority in the chamber in a post-election, lame-duck session when the GOP could seek to confirm President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees and pass spending packages.

“Everything in statute suggests it happens very quickly after the election results are finalized,” Mary O’Grady, an attorney specializing in election law and a Democrat, said.



https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/09/17/arizona-us-senate-race-mark-kelly-martha-mcsally-john-mccain-seat/3479032001/

[stopdiggin]

1. does McConnell have a degree of control

over this? Very interesting (if this is valid). This is news to me -- and possible quite encouraging.

[BGBD]

2. No.

This is a special election and Arizona law will dictate when the winner take office.

[Captain Zero]

3. Doesn't Pence swear in .new members?

Pence is presiding officer of Senate until Kamala is sworn in, correct?

[cstanleytech]

4. If the Republicans force a new justice on us its time to go nuclear once we have the Senate and

increase SCOTUS to 13 and pack it with extremely young progressive liberal justices as well as increase the number of federal judges and do the same there.
After that the Democrats should gut federal spending in the deep welfare red states like a fish because if its war the Republicans want then its war they will receive.

[Mike 03]

5. Kicking