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Date set for Senate special election to fill Kerry's seat
Boston —
The special election to fill John Kerry’s seat in the U.S. Senate will be in late June, after most schools have let out for the summer and vacation season begins to heat up, Secretary of State William Galvin said on Monday. Gov. Deval Patrick plans to appoint an interim senator on Wednesday.
Anticipating that Kerry will resign Tuesday after the full Senate confirms his nomination to become secretary of state, Gov. Deval Patrick has chosen June 25 as the date for the special election to fill the remainder of his term through 2014, Galvin said, adding that he anticipates Democratic and Republican primaries will be held April 30.
Galvin said he was told by the secretary of the United States Senate that Kerry plans on Tuesday to submit his resignation, effective on Friday, triggering the state law governing Senate vacancies.
State law mandates that the special election be held within 145 to 160 days of a vacancy, created by the submission of a resignation or death. The late June date settled on by Patrick is one of the earliest he could have picked, coming 147 days from Tuesday and falling just before the July 4 holiday.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/northofb...al-election-to-fill-Kerrys-seat#axzz2JhRIktU0
Scott Brown should remind the Voters that Obama lied during his campaign warn the voters you have no chance ever getting a job as long Harry Reid and Obama are still in power. Democrats hold 5 seat gain. They can reduce it to 4 or 3 pending the Melendez sex scandal
Boston —
The special election to fill John Kerry’s seat in the U.S. Senate will be in late June, after most schools have let out for the summer and vacation season begins to heat up, Secretary of State William Galvin said on Monday. Gov. Deval Patrick plans to appoint an interim senator on Wednesday.
Anticipating that Kerry will resign Tuesday after the full Senate confirms his nomination to become secretary of state, Gov. Deval Patrick has chosen June 25 as the date for the special election to fill the remainder of his term through 2014, Galvin said, adding that he anticipates Democratic and Republican primaries will be held April 30.
Galvin said he was told by the secretary of the United States Senate that Kerry plans on Tuesday to submit his resignation, effective on Friday, triggering the state law governing Senate vacancies.
State law mandates that the special election be held within 145 to 160 days of a vacancy, created by the submission of a resignation or death. The late June date settled on by Patrick is one of the earliest he could have picked, coming 147 days from Tuesday and falling just before the July 4 holiday.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/northofb...al-election-to-fill-Kerrys-seat#axzz2JhRIktU0
Scott Brown should remind the Voters that Obama lied during his campaign warn the voters you have no chance ever getting a job as long Harry Reid and Obama are still in power. Democrats hold 5 seat gain. They can reduce it to 4 or 3 pending the Melendez sex scandal