Kerry Win Would Mean Special Mass. Vote

[GreenPartyVoter]

So folks from Mass. Who would you like to see run for his seat?



BOSTON (AP) - If John Kerry is elected president, his seat in the Senate would be filled by the winner of a special election rather than a successor picked by Republican Gov. Mitt Romney under a bill approved Wednesday by the Massachusetts Senate.

The Senate voted largely along party lines, 32-8, after a sometimes testy debate pitting the badly outnumbered Republicans, who opposed the change, against Democrats. The measure now goes to the Democratic-controlled House.

The bill requires a special election not more than 160 days and not less than 145 days after a vacancy is created in the Senate. Under the bill, a vacancy is created when a letter of resignation is filed, even if the incumbent senator does not actually resign until a later date. The winner of the special election would serve out the remainder of the unexpired term. Kerry's term ends in 2008.

Although Romney could veto the measure, the Democrats have the votes to overturn it.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20040623/D83CVV481.html

[SoCalDem]

1. In a way this could be a bad thing, since states with Dem govs

but republican legislatures, will do the same.. As long as it's "across the board" the same for all states, it would be ok with me.:)

There should be a cut off point though.. Elections cost states a lot of money.. If there is less than a year, an appointment by the governor should be ok too.

[Killarney]

2. Jim McGovern!

[skippysmom]

3. It is just in Mass, I believe

But I love that they are saying fuck you to Mitt.

[midnight armadillo]

4. Joe Kennedy!

I think having two Kennedys in the Senate would cause a few heart attacks amongst the GOP, not to mention cement MA's liberal bona fides for the next century or so :-)

Joe Kennedy has done plenty of good works with Citizen's Energy, but with Ted getting a little long in the tooth I think it's time for Joe to return to the family tradition.

Aside from him, any of the MA congressional delegation would do, provided the party has a qualified set of candidates to replace the open congressional seat. There would be a stampede to run, actually.