[CloudyI]

The Governor can appoint a replacement from either party. He is NOT bound to appoint someone of the same party as Mc Cain.
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Not true:

C. For a vacancy in the office of United States senator, the governor shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy. That appointee shall be of the same political party as the person vacating the office and shall serve until the person elected at the next general election is qualified and assumes office. If the person vacating the office changed political party affiliations after taking office, the person who is appointed to fill the vacancy shall be of the same political party that the vacating officeholder was when the vacating officeholder was elected or appointed to that office.

[bigbob]

Can’t be much clearer than that.

Go McCain...do it. Let it be your legacy that your last political act was to be a chickenshit.

[rjsimmon]

This line seems to make it clear that should a replacement be named, it MUST be Republican since that was the party affiliation when McCain was elected:

If the person vacating the office changed political party affiliations after taking office, the person who is appointed to fill the vacancy shall be of the same political party that the vacating officeholder was when the vacating officeholder was elected or appointed to that office.

[Secret Agent Man]

So basically it doesnt matter if McCainiac switches to democrap, the gov fills the spot with someone who is of the party McCainiac originally won the seat as.

[Verbosus]

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