In California, any vacancy in a statewide elective office can be filled by the governor, subject to legislative confirmation.
Democrats accuse Republicans of trying to suppress voting all across America. But in California, Democrats actually ban voting toA Republican legislator is trying to fix the autocratic practice. But he hasn’t a prayer with Democrats controlling both the legislative and executive branches of state government.
The smaller the turnout, the larger slice of votes for GOP candidates, history shows. That’s because Republican voters tend to turn out more reliably than Democrats. Five states — Oregon, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island and Wisconsin — require any Senate vacancy to be filled only by voters. There’s good precedent for this. That’s the way it is for the other half of Congress, the House of Representatives; also in the California Legislature.Any vacancy in a statewide elective office, however, can be filled by the governor, subject to legislative confirmation. A governor is also empowered to fill vacancies on county supervisor boards.
“Appointments are an anachronism,” he adds. “It’s about time we bring our selection of senators into the 21stAmendment required elections by voters. If there’s a vacancy, the governor must call a special election. But there’s a hitch: The Legislature can empower the governor to make a temporary appointment until the next election.
In 1991, Republican Gov. Pete Wilson chose state Sen. John Seymour to replace him in the Senate. Seymour was easily dispatched by Feinstein in the 1992 election.In 1964, Democratic Gov. Pat Brown appointed former White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger to replace Sen. Clair Engle, who had resigned and was terminally ill. Salinger was beaten that November by actor George Murphy, a Republican.
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