The buzz out of Idaho today is that the resignation of Senator Larry Craig will be today. The Governor of Idaho will in all likelihood appoint a present member of the U.S. House of Representatives to fill Craig's seat in the Senate.
If this is the case, that will create a vacancy in the House. It so happens that the district in question is Ryan Horsley's House district.
Horsley has indicated that if politics is in the works for him at the present time, he would prefer to serve in the House rather than the Senate.
We feel that either one would be great for our community and for the citizens of Idaho.
Remember, all of this is speculation at present. We still do not know how the whole thing will play out, and the Governor may appoint Idaho's Lieutenant Governor to the Senate seat, which would mean that there would be NO vacancy except for Lieutenant Governor.
In order to support Horsley's bid to be appointed to either the Senate or the House seats, go to the Red's Trading Post site and click on the link to the Governor's office in Idaho. Let the Governor know that appointing Ryan Horsley to one of these seats would be a great decision.
Click here to go to Red's Trading Post:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/08/ryan-horsley-looking-at-appointment-to.html
Friday, August 31, 2007
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2 comments:
Might be nice if a guy trying to get "appointed" to Congress knew that only vacated senate seats get appointed. Vacant house seats are filled with a special election. It's in the eh, er Constitution!!
Anonymous,
The mistake was all mine and not Ryan's. The term 'appointment' was used originally with regard to the Senate seat that will be vacated by Larry Craig.
Ryan Horsley only stated that he would be interested in the House rather than the Senate at this time.
You are quite correct concerning procedures for filling vacated Senate and House seats. Should the Governor appoint the present Representative in Ryan's district to the Senate, a special election would be held to determine who would become the Representative in the House.
Thus, if Ryan goes to the Senate he would only need to be appointed by the Governor. If he goes to the House, he will need to be elected by his district in a special election.
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