Arizona Governor Doug Ducey will choose John McCain's replacement
Source: CBS News
After Senator John McCain's death on Saturday afternoon, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, a Republican, will appoint a replacement to serve until the 2020 election. Whoever wins the 2020 election will serve through the remainder of McCain's term, which ends in 2022.
Since McCain did not leave office before May 30, his seat will not be open during the 2018 election.
Although it is uncertain who Ducey will choose to succeed McCain, the late senator's wife, Cindy McCain, has been floated as a possible successor. Other potential contenders include Ducey chief of staff Kirk Adams, former ambassador to Finland Barbara Barrett, and former Sen. Jon Kyl, according to the Arizona Republic.
McCain's colleague in Arizona, Senator Jeff Flake, is retiring this year, leaving his seat open to several Republican competitors. Rep. Martha McSally, former state Senator Kelli Ward and former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio are vying for the Republican nomination for the open seat. McSally is considered the establishment choice, while Ward and Arpaio are controversial conservative firebrands. Arpaio was pardoned by President Trump this year. On the Democratic side, Representative Kyrsten Sinema is a near lock for the nomination.
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kimbutgar
(21,188 posts)Tucker08087
(621 posts)Good luck.
Coventina
(27,172 posts)Certainly worse than McCain was.
sandensea
(21,664 posts)Coventina
(27,172 posts)He has earned it.!
sandensea
(21,664 posts)The days of Nelson Rockefeller, Richard Schweiker, and Lin Holton are long gone.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)He'll probably appoint a "yes" vote for Kavanaugh.
Judi Lynn
(160,623 posts)If he doesn't, Trump will no doubt threaten him until he does.
JohnnyRingo
(18,641 posts)The whole party's gone so far off the deep end they have to crank up the amps for me to feel the shock anymore.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)Jones is from Texas.
drmeow
(5,024 posts)it kinda pisses me off that he didn't retire and allow the voters to choose who would get his seat.
LittleGirl
(8,291 posts)I'm pissed that the citizens of AZ can't vote for their senator. Damn it McCain and Ducey.
I voted last week for Tuesday's election.
ugh.
Coventina
(27,172 posts)If he had retired and been replaced by the voters, the likelihood is that we would end up with someone worse than McCain.
And, Obamacare would have been killed.
I could be wrong, but that's the way I see it.
drmeow
(5,024 posts)McCain could have resigned at the end of May of this year and there could have been someone on the ballot for the 2018 election. Now Ducey will name someone who will be in that seat until 2020.
Raphe M
(59 posts)so I'll take anyone who's not Joe R. Piehole
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Although I believe that Sen. McCain asked him to select Cindy, that would be an unpopular decision among the state's conservative voters.
Ducey announced that the successor will be announced after McCain's funeral.
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