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GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson to resign at end of year
The Hill ^ | 08/28/19 10:41 AM EDT | JORDAIN CARNEY

Posted on 08/28/2019 8:00:41 AM PDT by robowombat

GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson to resign at end of year BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 08/28/19 10:41 AM EDT

GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson to resign at end of year

GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson (Ga.) announced Wednesday that he will step down from the Senate at the end of the year, citing health issues.

"After much prayer and consultation with my family and my doctors, I have made the very tough decision to leave the U.S. Senate at the end of this year. I have informed Georgia Governor Brian Kemp today that I will resign my Senate seat effective December 31, 2019," Isakson said in a statement.

“I am leaving a job I love because my health challenges are taking their toll on me, my family and my staff. My Parkinson’s has been progressing, and I am continuing physical therapy to recover from a fall in July. In addition, this week I had surgery to remove a growth on my kidney."

Isakson, 74, was reelected to the Senate in 2016, meaning his seat would have next been up for grabs in 2022.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: 116th; ga2020; gopsenate; isakson; parkinsons; resignation
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To: Red Badger

Kemp better not pick Nathan Deal.

That guy is WEAK.


21 posted on 08/28/2019 8:32:31 AM PDT by Conserv
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To: Dilbert San Diego
so will there be a special election in November 2020? Will Stacy Abrams weigh in and run in such an election?

She definitely could. Especially if there is a Black woman on either side of the Democrat prez ticket.

22 posted on 08/28/2019 8:33:46 AM PDT by montag813
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To: Conserv
I'm sure that he will pick a good one!...........😬
23 posted on 08/28/2019 8:33:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: Dacula

I just looked up Deal’s age. He’s 77.

Scratch him off your list.


24 posted on 08/28/2019 8:37:48 AM PDT by Conserv
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To: dfwgator
"Politics is everything to the Left. The the rest of us, it’s a necessary evil."

Does it then follow that evil is everything to the Left?

25 posted on 08/28/2019 8:39:10 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Was the election of Donald Trump to the Presidency liberty's last gasp? Big Brother is watching you.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

She will weigh in alright.


26 posted on 08/28/2019 8:39:25 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican

This may be a good thing for us. I figured Isakson would hang it up in 2022, which would be Trump’s second midterm, and second midterms can be pretty brutal for the party who has the White House. Instead of an open seat, we’ll have a younger, more healthy incumbent to fend off whoever the Dems put up that year.


27 posted on 08/28/2019 8:39:28 AM PDT by Galactic Overlord-In-Chief (Domo Arigato, Mr. Rubio. Domo Arigato, Mr. Rubio.)
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To: rdl6989

She will talk too. Her mouth is so big her teeth don’t fit


28 posted on 08/28/2019 8:41:38 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.btyC. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: House Atreides

“That replacement will serve until a special election is held in November 2020 for the rest of the term.”

Replacement Senators are appointed by the governor of the states, said replacements serving until the end of the original Senator’s term ... there are no special elections to replace U.S. Senators ...


29 posted on 08/28/2019 8:43:57 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: House Atreides

We certainly know that Kemp’s pick will not be that traitorous, POS Casey Cagle.


30 posted on 08/28/2019 8:44:01 AM PDT by Conserv
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To: DCmarcher-976453

That’s a great idea. I think he may already be planning that.


31 posted on 08/28/2019 8:46:02 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: robowombat

Governor to appoint.....


32 posted on 08/28/2019 8:50:34 AM PDT by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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To: pgkdan

>>No. Senators are replaced by the Governor of the state to complete the incumbents term. Kemp will probably make a good pick.

Incorrect. See http://ga.elaws.us/law/section21-2-542
The governor’s pick is only until the next November election (in this case 2020). The winner of that special election will hold office until 2022.


33 posted on 08/28/2019 8:51:15 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: robowombat
IMHO, the best pick that Gov Kemp could make is Congressman Doug Collins. Mr. Collins is pro Trump big time.

He is currently ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, a critical position in the fight against impeachment.

34 posted on 08/28/2019 8:56:01 AM PDT by FtrPilot
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To: catnipman

In the following 36 states, the governor makes an appointment to fill a U.S. Senate vacancy, and the appointee serves until the next regularly-scheduled, statewide general election. The person elected at that next regularly-held general election serves for the remainder of the unexpired term, if any. If the term was set to expire at that general election, the person elected serves a full six-year term.

http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/vacancies-in-the-united-states-senate.aspx

Georgia is one of the above states.


35 posted on 08/28/2019 8:56:20 AM PDT by deport
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To: catnipman

I looked up Georgia and (unless changed in the last 6 years) is one of 34 states that has this procedure:

Appointment of replacement until the next General Election (in Georgia it has been said that the party of the leaving Senator nominates 3 for the Governor to pick from).

At the next General Election (Nov 2020 in this case) a special election is held to serve out the balance of the term — in this case 2022 when another election is held for the new 6 year class for that seat.

We are going through the same process in AZ


36 posted on 08/28/2019 9:01:15 AM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: deport

GMTA


37 posted on 08/28/2019 9:01:48 AM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: robowombat

Another Bush Leaguer bites the dust.


38 posted on 08/28/2019 9:02:57 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Robert DeLong

So sorry to hear about his Parkinson’s, may God be with him as he faces these trials and tribulations in his waning years.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Amen~
My beloved husband to whom I’ve been married 60 years, has Parkinson’s and I can vouch first hand it is a terrible , terrible disease.


39 posted on 08/28/2019 9:05:31 AM PDT by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: FtrPilot

Doug Collins would be SO GREAT.

I was trying to think of a name...Thank You for suggesting an excellent choice.


40 posted on 08/28/2019 9:08:11 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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