01-27-2021, 03:53 AM
Sorry for sounding so politically calculating about this but if Leahy were to die, if I understand it correctly, the governor - who is a Republican - would call for a special election that has to take place within six months of the vacancy and can name a temporary replacement person in the interim. If so, that would probably be really bad for Democrats wouldn't it? As in could they lose their Senate majority - at least temporarily?