VP Pence didn’t leave office as governor until Jan 9, 2017
There's a difference between a governor leaving office, and a U.S. senator.
The governor can't just be replaced by a person.
The senator, can. And, hair boy in CA already picked her replacement. The question is, why didn't her replacement start this new congress? Why delay that, if it's inevitable? He'd be a solid socialist/hate america vote for the dems.