BTW, the special election to replace McCarthy’s seat will take place in May of this year. I assume the Republican nominee has the inside track. In the meantime, George Santos’s seat has been filled by a Democrat.
It’s a runoff between two Republicans for McCarthy’s seat. It will be a GOP seat - no danger of not getting that seat back once the runoff is held.
But Gallagher not resigning prior to 4/9/2024 is messed up to force the seat to be vacant until January. He should be confronted on resigning 4/8/2024 vs. 4/19/2024 if he is going to resign.