Dems 206 for, 2 agin, 5 NV
GOP 104 for, 113 agin, 3 NV
NY Gov gets to pick Santosā replacement and the Dems are highly likely to pick up the seat in a special election (itās a Biden +14 district). So the GOPās already tiny majority shrinks a little more.
Santos leaves the House for the last timeā¦
The seat is filled via the special election. It will remain vacant until then. The Gov doesnāt get to appoint a replacement. Vacant Senate seats can be filled via appointment, but the Constitution requires all Representatives to be elected.
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So the Democrats only pick up a half game?
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Itās a Biden +14 district. Santos only won because the incumbent Democrat retired, he lied his ass off about everything, and NY Democrats shit all the beds in the 2022 cycle.
Holy shit! DeSantis was just a speed bag for Newsome.
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Fox tried to bushwhack Newsom with cherry-picked De Santis-favoring data, and he still took him to the cleaners.
Is Newsom jockeying for Harrisās job?
I think Newsom is smart enough to realize that his window has closed. If the Dems tried to pick a white man over Harris, thereād be hell to pay. Literally, because the epic Dems in Disarray meltdown would let Trump in.
No, heās playing a long game. His sights are on '28.
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This and/or the VP job if Biden does not last another 5 years.
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If Biden-Harris wins in 2024, he would be a great complement to Harris as VP in 2028.
Too many Californians.
And Constitutionally illegal. Bush/Cheney notwithstanding.
Technically the President and Vice President can be from the same state, but electors from that state could not vote for them. So Harris and Newsome could run together, but they could not receive Californiaās electoral votes.
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Constitutionally illegal for other reasons, Iām assuming
What are those reasons?
Newsom would make VP candidate De Santis cry.
Sorry, Iām not an elder and wasnāt around the last time a VP was made POTUS (I was born 4 months later), so I assumed the line of succession works for the VP as well