Gabby's husband sez he doesn't want her to return to congress

If she agrees .... (and I don't blame her ...)
is their a special election ... or does the Gov
appoint someone .... or does the Gov.
appoint someone until there
is a special election?

http://www.wmal.com/Article.asp?id=2085963

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - For about 20 minutes, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husband broke down in a plane's bathroom after believing incorrect media reports that his wife had been fatally shot at a political event outside a supermarket.

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The astronaut said he learned that she was alive when he called Giffords' mother, who was outside the operating room at the hospital where the congresswoman was being treated. He has said that he called an ABC affiliate in Houston to correct reports of his wife's death.
Giffords isn't aware that six people died in the shooting, including Gabe Zimmerman, one of her staff members, Kelly said. Authorities say she was targeted by a 22-year-old constituent who had met her at a similar event in 2007.

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The office is accustomed to dealing with turmoil; the location was vandalized in March hours after a House vote to overhaul the nation's health care system. Someone either kicked in or shot out a glass door and a side window, and Giffords' press secretary C.J. Karamargin said at the time staffers were shaken and worried.
Her staff said they know how much Giffords would want to be on the floor of Congress on Tuesday as lawmakers considered repealing the health care law that she passionately supported last year.

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But her husband said he probably wouldn't want Giffords to return to Congress.
"But I know that's probably not going to matter to her. I think she's such a devoted public servant that she's going to come out of this and be more resolved to fix things," he said.

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more at link

I'm pretty sure I'd feel the same way.

my wife to go back either ... however my point is
does the Gov. appoint someone ... or is there
a special election ....?

The seat stays vacant until the next election. The Constitution doesn't provide for replacement of Representatives.

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/01/gabrielle_giffords_seat_would.php

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Should the congresswoman not be able to finish her term, here's what would go down:

While Giffords' seat could become open through resignation, or in the case of her death, the U.S. Constitution mandates that, in the case of a vacancy in the House, the only way to fill a seat is through an election in the district.

There is no specific provision for the presumed incapacitation of a sitting House member, although a procedure does exist to remove the congresswoman from her seat if she is unable to perform her duties.

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I believe they are given 90 days.

Could schedule a special election.

I doubt very much that the House would ever pass that vote.

Thank you.

In this case, resignation would require a special primary and general election because the next regular general election would not be held within 6 months:



Of course, the decision to continue in office or not will most likely be up to Rep. Giffords.

There is no vacancy.

Representatives miss votes all of the time. Especially when their vote doesn't matter.

their will be a vacancy ....

She will.

Mark Kelly is justifiably upset.

In most States, a Senator can be replaced by the Governor, but a House Rep can not be replaced. There MUST be a special election for a vacancy in the People's House.

the Safeway store to continue her Congress on Your Corner meetings.

She has not communicated verbally or in writing since the shooting. How do they know what she will do?

If she can I think she will at least finish out her term. And if she can I bet she might run again. But that decision belongs to her first and of course in discussion with Mark.

What a gem of a husband! I love that man.

She ran for office, the people elected her and she's the one who'll decide.

...it's not his decision to make. At least it seems like he understands this, too, and is only expressing his personal hopes.

making others rethink their decisions for public service.

I hope she is willing to resume her seat when (if) she is able.

Who replaces her position if she can't return? I think she should make the decision, because otherwise, this will only encourage the assassins out there to target Democratic congress people who can be replaced by Republican Governors.

under AZ law ... if she chooses not to return ... there is a special primary and special election ...

to discourage assassination attempts.

like this head on.

The RW doesn't give up easily.....especially when they so easily win the heart and mind of the man in the OVal.

Seriously, it has become so horribly discouraging and frightening that I am resorting to escapism just to keep my head above water.

Here's to us all....:toast:

he'll kick ass!