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Biden Replacement Could Fall to Delaware's New Guv
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Nov 18, 2008 04:31pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, November 6, 2008 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ABC News.
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"Delaware law provides that when a U.S. senator resigns before the end of his term, the state's governor appoints a replacement who remains in office until the next election which, in this case, is 2010.
It is likely - though not certain - that Biden's replacement is going to be decided by Governor-elect Jack Markell (D) rather than by outgoing Democratic Gov. Ruth Ann Minner. The answer will ultimately turn on when Biden submits his Senate resignation and exactly what time the Jan. 20 gubernatorial inauguration is held.
Just prior to Tuesday's election, Biden told a local television station that he does not want to resign his Senate seat until the moment he were to become vice president.
Delaware has not determined the time of its Jan. 20, 2009 gubernatorial nomination. But Gov. Minner's office tells ABC News that the decision is traditionally made by the incoming governor.
Markell has not decided what time he wants to hold his inauguration. But his spokesman says the governor-elect is aware that some Delawareans are interested in attending both the gubernatorial inauguration as well as the Obama-Biden inauguration in Washington, D.C. What's more, Markell's spokesman cites the 12:01 am ET swearing-in of Delaware Gov. Pierre S. duPont, IV, in 1981 as a precedent for doing the gubernatorial inauguration as early in the day as possible." |
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