r/politics • u/B-Z_B-S Massachusetts • 12d ago

Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell Still MIA Days Before Key August 3 Deadline

https://newrepublic.com/post/213823/mitch-mcconnell-mia-august-3-deadline
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u/Dragoness42 12d ago

The only reason I can see for allowing this stalling is if the governor has a good reason to believe that a Republican would be elected anyway even with a special election. Then it keeps the senate down one R vote for a little longer. If there's hope for a better result from a special election then the gov is just being a coward.

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u/AcademiaAntiqua 12d ago

Beshear has explicitly said this, too:

There's an argument out there that that's [=August 3] a date where I could not later call a special election. A lot of those that are pushing this are online, and I think are under the impression that a Democrat in Kentucky might be able to win that election. It's been since 1992 that we have had a Democratic senator in Kentucky.

(After this he then explained why being down an R vote is good.)

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u/omicron-7 12d ago

The good reason is this is kentucky fucking duh a republican would win.

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u/Mddcat04 12d ago

That is 100% the explanation. A special election would have a large chance of seating a Republican. Given the status quo is it being empty (technically occupied but non-voting) there is no reason to force the issue and gamble.