Lindsay Graham was in his current office for 23 years. His predecessor, Strom Thurmond was in that seat for 47 years.
You know, back in the 70s, we used to joke that you could tell the Soviet Union was a dictatorship because the Politburo was full of immovable decrepit crusty old apparatchiks who were never replaced from one “election” to the next. Kind of like the US…
i mean yeah that’s kind of where my thoughts went too. I didn’t realize he was in Thurmond’s old seat though.
don’t want to pretend this is a South Carolina problem either. I started becoming politically aware in the 90s, and the senators i remember having all of my childhood (it was only most of my childhood, but y’know how memory works) were in there for 24 and 31 years.
where do SC’s representative replacement laws stand? i think the article i read said the republican governor of SC gets to appoint the replacement for the remainder of his term, so like the next six months.
(´._.`).｡oஇ(why does it feel like krasnov is cleaning house)
Lindsay Graham was in his current office for 23 years. His predecessor, Strom Thurmond was in that seat for 47 years.
Yikes, South Carolina.
You know, back in the 70s, we used to joke that you could tell the Soviet Union was a dictatorship because the Politburo was full of immovable decrepit crusty old apparatchiks who were never replaced from one “election” to the next. Kind of like the US…
We also made jokes about how when whoever was leading Russia died, they never announced it publicly for some time. 😉
Nancy Mace wants it next
i mean yeah that’s kind of where my thoughts went too. I didn’t realize he was in Thurmond’s old seat though.
don’t want to pretend this is a South Carolina problem either. I started becoming politically aware in the 90s, and the senators i remember having all of my childhood (it was only most of my childhood, but y’know how memory works) were in there for 24 and 31 years.
where do SC’s representative replacement laws stand? i think the article i read said the republican governor of SC gets to appoint the replacement for the remainder of his term, so like the next six months.
(´._.`).｡oஇ(why does it feel like krasnov is cleaning house)
Governor appoints an interim, Republicans have until 8/11 to name a nominee, then the General election in November.
Whoever wins in November replaces the interim Senator in January.
Ha OP also reminded me of Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein