Does Kelly take the seat on Nov. 4th if he wins? Why am I getting texts saying that if he wins, Amy Coney Barret will not be seated on SCOTUS bc we will lose McSally’s vote?
Did not Mitch McConnell make a statement a while back, in response to this question, that if Kelly won he would not be seated immediately?
“Does Kelly take the seat on Nov. 4th if he wins? Why am I getting texts saying that if he wins, Amy Coney Barret will not be seated on SCOTUS bc we will lose McSally’s vote?”
The Barrett floor vote will be late this month, BEFORE the election. If it does not get to the floor by then, then Linda will lose his senate seat.
The Arizona Senate race is a special election to fill McCain’s former seat for the last two years of his term. Under Arizona law Kelly can be sworn in after November 30th instead of the usual January date for the start of a new term.