MARK GREEN has resigned from the House. He hasnt voted in a few weeks.

X ^ | Jul 21, 2025 | Jake Sherman

[laconic]

This simpleton ran for the House last November; he knew he had a two year commitment yet he runs out of it after just six months of service. There was another boob on the R side from Ohio who did the same thing in the previous session - quit after a few months to become chancellor of some state college. Where do these terrible candidates come from on the R side?

[God luvs America]

“Abbott refuses to call a special election for Sylvester Turners seat, leaving his Harris Co district without representation”

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Too bad- hochul refused to call a special election after Elise Stefanik was named Ambassador to the UN by President Trump as the seat was a definite “R” and of course Stefanik had to return to Congress.....tit for tat...

[cuban leaf]

Where do these terrible candidates come from on the R side?

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The Swamp.

[Fledermaus]

He served 3 terms

[Fai Mao]

“Abbott refuses to call a special election for Sylvester Turners seat, leaving his Harris Co district without representation”

Too bad- hochul refused to call a special election after Elise Stefanik was named Ambassador to the UN by President Trump as the seat was a definite “R” and of course Stefanik had to return to Congress.....tit for tat...

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This kind of stuff is why I think Abbott would be a good President. HE doesn’t talk trash, but he plays hardball.

[jjotto]

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:2%20section:8%20edition:prelim)%20OR%20(granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section8)&f=treesort&num=0&edition=prelim

...(2) Timing of special election
A special election held under this subsection to fill a vacancy shall take place not later than 49 days after the Speaker of the House of Representatives announces that the vacancy exists, unless, during the 75-day period which begins on the date of the announcement of the vacancy-

(A) a regularly scheduled general election for the office involved is to be held; or

(B) another special election for the office involved is to be held, pursuant to a writ for a special election issued by the chief executive of the State prior to the date of the announcement of the vacancy...

[rottndog]

HE doesn’t talk trash, but he plays hardball.

We don't need to sink to their level in order to speak their language.

[hanamizu]

How/when do these vacancies get filled? By whom?

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The ‘how’ and ‘whom’ are the voters of the district in a special election.

The ‘when’ depends on state law governing special elections. Some states give the governor lots of leeway when it comes to ‘when’; other states not so much.

[MinorityRepublican]

Abbott refuses to call a special election for Sylvester Turners seat, leaving his Harris Co district without representation

He can do that?

[fortes fortuna juvat]

Where do these terrible candidates come from on the R side?
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They’re Marxist-Democrats bribed to run as Republicans

[jacknhoo]

“He served 3 terms”

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Didn’t he just re-up?

[Gay State Conservative]

IIRC you call a special election to fill a vacant House seat. That might not be the case if it becomes vacant within “x” number of weeks of a regular November election.

[maddog55]

Two bad there weren’t 212 D deaths needing replacement a long with 15 or 20 R-INO deaths needing replacement.

[lee martell]

I was hoping this was about Al Green, you know, the older DEM congressman from Texas who is always about to impeach Trump for blinking his eyes.

[Raven6]

I've known Mark Green for years... He has served three terms. It was his intention to not run again after his third term, but he wanted to stay long enough to help get some priority legislation passed. He is a combat veteran (a combat medic, we shed some tears together over the ones that couldn't be saved), a fine doctor, and a good man, and a fellow Tennessean. It was never his intention to become a career politician... and he now wants to go back to the career for which he worked so hard to achieve. I have no problem with that. We we have a special election and fill his seat. His district is deep red, and we will put another good person in his place.

When it was created, Congress was not meant to be a full-time job. Mark Green acknowledged that to me when he was running for office the first time. The elected official was supposed to go back home to his regular job when Congress wasn't in session. I wouldn't want to stay up there for long, myself.

[larryjohnson]

Good to know that you know him.

[dfwgator]

The elected official was supposed to go back home to his regular job when Congress wasn’t in session. I wouldn’t want to stay up there for long, myself.

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“You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.”

[Macoozie]

3 terms and he gets his Congressional Pension.

Almost as good as Higher Ed “Tenure”.

[metmom]

So he’s a Republican?

Nothing in this thread so far tells me that, unless I missed it.