Kentucky Legislature Votes to Sideline Governor in Senate Vacancy Appointments

Published on March 28, 2024

The Kentucky state legislature approved a bill that would exclude the state’s Democrat governor from any participation in selecting a candidate to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. The change is taking place in the state where Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who is 82 years old, resides. In the event that there is a vacancy in the Senate from the state of Kentucky, the act mandates that a special election be held. The winner of the special election would be able to keep the seat for the term that had not yet expired. “So it would be a direct voice of the people determining how the vacancy is filled,” Republican Senate President Robert Stivers said while presenting the bill to his colleagues....

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