Posted on 07/21/2025 12:59:38 PM PDT by george76
MARK GREEN has resigned from the House. He hasnt voted in a few weeks. .
House is now: 219 - R 212- D 4 vacancies
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How/when do these vacancies get filled? By whom?
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They trigger special elections but often governors play games with when to schedule them depending on whose party the vacancy favors
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Special election for Tennessee - not an appointment. So usually several months from governor declaring the writ and the election
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Two Dem elections are in September.
One in Virginia and the other in Arizona 7th.
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3 of those are D vacancies due to deaths. Abbott refuses to call a special election for Sylvester Turners seat, leaving his Harris Co district without representation
Spouse: Camilla Guenther (m. 1989; Sept. 2024)
He ran in 24. Didn’t want to run but Trump asked him.
Just quit today. Announced it a few weeks ago.
We will have a special election.
Where do these terrible candidates come from on the R side?
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KMac & Chyna Mitch
So, yes. He just re-upped and didn’t fulfill his obligation. He’s a big boy and is responsible for his own decisions.
It’s a safe R seat
That makes me feel better about it. Glad to hear it.
Not true.
Texas, by law, has Uniform Election Dates to fill vacancies. The first uniform election date would have been Saturday, May 3, 2025, but Harris County was going through an election administration scandal at the time where the integrity of elections was being investigated. Abbott didn't think that the county could hold a secure election in the midst of being investigated of the last election.
As a result, Abbott pushed off the special election to the next uniform election date, which is this coming November 4, 2025.
-PJ
“ Abbott refuses to call a special election for Sylvester Turners seat…”
I don’t think this is right. Although the governor can set the time, he is obligated to have an election.
Stefanik never left Congress. Otherwise, she would not be able to return.
Yes, hochul was going to wait until November 2026, when Stefanik’s term ends and leave the seat open till then.
Did I say she left? She was named ambassador to the UN and was going to take the job but was forced to return after hochul played her games
So Green stayed long enough to vote on Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, and to get his pension. Sounds like a win, win. and classic politics
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>>HE doesn’t talk trash, but he plays hardball.
We don’t need to sink to their level in order to speak their language.
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Ah, yes, the ‘take the HIGH road...while they knee-cap & stab in the back’ has worked WONDERS every time it’s been tried.
The (R)each-around (but will take it dry when reversed) party strikes again *facepalm*
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