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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDems could lose up to 11 seats in the Senate before the next election --
so they need to act like there's no tomorrow
By Ray Hartmann
Published February 07, 2021
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No fewer than 11 of the 50 Democrats in the U.S. Senate would be replaced by a Republican governor should they be unable to continue serving in office.
It's a prospect no one wants to consider, but one that cannot be ignored. Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Republicans would regain control of the Senate if a single one of those 11 became unable to serve and had their seat filled -- even in the short run -- with a Republican.
The subject came up briefly late in January when Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, who is 80, was briefly hospitalized after not feeling well while presiding over the opening of the Trump impeachment proceedings. Leahy recovered quickly, but for a moment, the forbidden topic got a little airing. That provide a grim reminder that control of the Senate could shift in a blink of an eye. Vermont's governor is a Republican, Phil Scott.
https://www.rawstory.com/how-many-democrats-are-in-the-senate/
elleng
(130,822 posts)P.S. Phil Scott has said he'd replace Sen Leahy with a Democrat, while awaiting an election.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,286 posts)Ditto Kansas.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,309 posts)North Shore Chicago
(3,311 posts)doc03
(35,320 posts)HariSeldon
(455 posts)Those include McConnell (KY), Rand Paul (KY), Susan Collins (ME), Pat Toomey (PA), and two others I can't remember right now.
Sgent
(5,857 posts)seats are in that situation (Kennedy and Cassidy).
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Braver souls get to quiver at the possibility.
Demovictory9
(32,443 posts)moose65
(3,166 posts)Some states have laws that say the replacements have to be from the same party as the Senator theyre replacing.