Conyers’ House Seat To Remain Vacant For Nearly A Year

CBS Local ^ | 12/08/17 | Corey Williams, David Eggert

[Libloather]

DETROIT (AP) — Michigan’s Republican governor announced Friday that Democrat John Conyers’ congressional seat will not be filled until the regularly scheduled November election, leaving it vacant for nearly a year.

Gov. Rick Snyder decided the post will be listed twice on the August primary and November general election ballots. While unlikely, it is possible voters could choose one candidate to fill the vacancy until January 2019 and elect another to a full two-year term after that.

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Michael Gilmore, a Detroit attorney who is running for the seat, said not having representation in the House for nearly a year is unfair to residents.

“I think it’s unfortunate that the governor thinks this is what we’re worth,” Gilmore said Friday.

[Libloather]

He's an icon, ya know.

[Lurker]

“I think it’s unfortunate that the governor thinks this is what we’re worth,” Gilmore said Friday.

Cry me a river.

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[MagUSNRET]

I say GOOD! It was vacant even when the bastard was in it!

[ClearCase_guy]

Such a shame.

[FrdmLvr]

That’s a gift! Thank you Governor Snyder!

[morphing libertarian]

It’ been vacant for decades filled by a brain dead race baiter.

[tennmountainman]

Ha. I love it.

I less vote for Amnesty.

[Sasparilla]

An open seat for a year means one less year of new deserted buildings.

[llevrok]

you can’t just replace a farting old man over night, you know.

[SMGFan]

And no run off elections in MI. Simple majority is all that will be needed.

[TBP]

Something similar happened in New Hampshire in the 1970s. Senator Norris Cotton died in the year his seat was up. The governor called a special election for the unexpired term for the same day the full term was being elected, and the same two candidates ran.

The Republican won the general election, but the Democrat won the special election. When asked why, one voter said, “Well, he always wanted to be a senator, and how much damage can he do in two months?”

[TBP]

Plurality.

[SMGFan]

right, plurality in primary even it is 20% in huge slate of candidates.

[NutsOnYew]

That’s a gift! Thank you Governor Snyder!

AGREED! 48 Dems are now 47.

[Paladin2]

Uh, the Conyers crook fam are only as high as The House, NOT the Senate.

Mich. already has two libtard Senators...

[Milton Miteybad]

Conyers’ House Seat To Remain Vacant For Nearly A Year

Seriously...how would anybody be able to tell the difference?

[bigbob]

He should give Blago a call, that seat’s worth a lotta money!

[mewzilla]

This is wrong. It was done in NYS and a district there was denied a vote in the House on Obamacare. The then gov refused to call for a prompt special election after Eric Massa resigned and the seat was vacant for the Obamacare vote and many others.

[Alberta's Child]

Massa was a Democrat, the Democrat governor (Cuomo) refused to call for a special election, and the seat was vacant at a time when Democrats had a majority in Congress.

What was the story behind the politics of that decision by Cuomo?

[mewzilla]

IIRC, the governor then was Dave Paterson. And NYS election law was written in such a way that it left a gov with a lot of discretion on when to call the election. The district, and all its citzens, Dems and Pubbies, were denied representation in the House for scores of votes.