re: #442 KGxvi

Senate replacements don’t get special elections. Usually governor gets to appoint someone until the next federal election. So, if all goes right, Harris’s replacement will be up in 2022, which is when the term was set to expire anyway.

I wonder what Newsom’s list will look like for a potential Harris replacement. Alex Padilla is Secretary of State and Betty Yee is Controller, those are the only two statewide officials that are termed out of their offices in 2022. And of course, there’s a potential deep bench among the House, State Senate, and Assembly caucuses.

The Bernie bunch seems to be for Ro Khanna (Nina fucking Turner retweeted this one—seems to be her only response to the Kamala Harris news)

A race worth working on: @RoKhanna for California Senator!!!

— RoseAnn DeMoro (@RoseAnnDeMoro) August 11, 2020