@return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 1 year agoHarris campaign has met with 6 potential VP picks as the selection process nears its endwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-square@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•1 year ago And I doubt she wants to gamble with losing a Senate seat. With a Dem governor to appoint a replacement, and a state that’s looking more blue than Wisconsin or Michigan or Virginia, its honestly not as big a gamble as you’d think.
minus-squareBarqsHasBitelinkfedilink0•1 year agoReplacement lasts until 2026, whereas Kelly would last until 2028. That’s Harris’s mid term election. Losing the Senate can gridlock everything.
minus-square@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•1 year agoWe lost the Senate when we elected Sinema and Manchin.
With a Dem governor to appoint a replacement, and a state that’s looking more blue than Wisconsin or Michigan or Virginia, its honestly not as big a gamble as you’d think.
Replacement lasts until 2026, whereas Kelly would last until 2028. That’s Harris’s mid term election. Losing the Senate can gridlock everything.
We lost the Senate when we elected Sinema and Manchin.