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If Liz runs with Hill---will she have to give up her Senate seat? (Original Post) trumad Jun 2016 OP
Warren would not have to resign her seat until elected. PatrickforO Jun 2016 #1
No, elizabeth warren is good till 2018 unless she resigns BlueStateLib Jun 2016 #2
or is elected VP book_worm Jun 2016 #13
Only if elected would she have to give up her seat The Second Stone Jun 2016 #3
Only if she wins democrattotheend Jun 2016 #4
Like LBJ did in 1960. okasha Jun 2016 #5
Interesting. I didn't know that democrattotheend Jun 2016 #6
LBJ wasn't the first to run for two offices at once. bornskeptic Jun 2016 #10
Thanks, I'd forgotten. okasha Jun 2016 #12
She can run for that too treestar Jun 2016 #7
.......in 2018 TheCowsCameHome Jun 2016 #8
that makes it different treestar Jun 2016 #9
Only if she's elected. tallahasseedem Jun 2016 #11
The Republican Governor of Massachusetts would appoint as interim Senator... Brother Buzz Jun 2016 #14
Reid reviews scenarios for filling Senate seat if Warren is VP pick SecularMotion Jun 2016 #15
That's most interesting, but I guarantee it will get ugly if it comes to pass Brother Buzz Jun 2016 #16
It seems like that could backfire LoverOfLiberty Jun 2016 #17
Could? The right wing echo machine will be operating in all its grandeur. Brother Buzz Jun 2016 #18
Yet Massachusetts does not reliably elect Democrats to high offices frazzled Jun 2016 #19

PatrickforO

(14,516 posts)
1. Warren would not have to resign her seat until elected.
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 05:43 PM
Jun 2016

This way, if she loses, she still keeps it. However if she wins she would have to give it up. No serving VP can concurrently serve in the Senate.

 

The Second Stone

(2,900 posts)
3. Only if elected would she have to give up her seat
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 05:45 PM
Jun 2016

Since she is not up for election this year, it does not matter whether Massachusetts only allows her to run for one.

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
4. Only if she wins
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 05:49 PM
Jun 2016

If she loses she stays in the Senate, just like John Kerry did in 2004 and Ted Kennedy in 1980.

I am not aware of any states that make you give up your seat prior to running. I know some states disallow someone from running for president or VP at the same time they run for Congress, like Lieberman did in 2000. Is that what you are thinking of maybe?

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
6. Interesting. I didn't know that
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 06:45 PM
Jun 2016

I either didn't know or forgot that he was up for reelection to the Senate in 1960.

bornskeptic

(1,330 posts)
10. LBJ wasn't the first to run for two offices at once.
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 07:47 PM
Jun 2016

In 1932, John Nance Gardner ran for re-election to the House and for the vice-presidency, and won both.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nance_Garner

treestar

(82,383 posts)
7. She can run for that too
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 07:25 PM
Jun 2016

Biden did - he won it, so it had to be filled. They picked someone who agreed to be temporary and the next election in 2010 a Senator was elected to a the four years remaining.

Brother Buzz

(36,217 posts)
14. The Republican Governor of Massachusetts would appoint as interim Senator...
Tue Jun 28, 2016, 09:54 AM
Jun 2016

...if Warren vacated her seat


Think about it.

 

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
15. Reid reviews scenarios for filling Senate seat if Warren is VP pick
Tue Jun 28, 2016, 09:59 AM
Jun 2016
The upshot of Reid’s review is that Senate Democrats may have found an avenue to block or at least narrow GOP Governor Charlie Baker’s ability to name a temporary replacement and prevent the Senate from flipping to a Democratic majority if Warren were to leave the chamber. That suggests the issue is not as significant an obstacle as Reid previously feared.

Pieces of the legal guidance given to Reid were shared with the Globe by a person close to Reid who is familiar with the guidance.

“Reid sees a number of promising paths to making sure that Democrats keep Warren’s seat and is very open to her being selected,” said this person, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/06/03/harry-reid-studies-legal-scenarios-for-filling-senate-seat-elizabeth-warren-gets-vice-presidential-nod/3FSrNJlAhqRoiWt6iQMK7J/story.html

Brother Buzz

(36,217 posts)
16. That's most interesting, but I guarantee it will get ugly if it comes to pass
Tue Jun 28, 2016, 10:17 AM
Jun 2016
A spokesman for Secretary of State William Galvin concurred with the idea that Warren could file a letter of resignation — triggering an election — but could make the actual resignation effective at a later date, preventing Baker from filling a temporary replacement for an extended period of time.

LoverOfLiberty

(1,438 posts)
17. It seems like that could backfire
Tue Jun 28, 2016, 10:21 AM
Jun 2016

sort of like we are hoping that the Senate refusing to hold a hearing for Garland will backfire.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
19. Yet Massachusetts does not reliably elect Democrats to high offices
Tue Jun 28, 2016, 10:43 AM
Jun 2016

So it's still a pretty much of a risk. Remember Mitt Romney and Scott Brown. Do not overrate the liberal aspect of Massachusetts; most may be Democrats, but many are of the white working-class sort that are open to a Republican.

An open senate seat is still a risk, unless they have someone truly stellar waiting in the wings. I don't know who that would be.

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