I'm looking around at some sports sites (Super Bowl on CBSSports.com, Mets at MetsBlog, when I got to the Baseball Crank and see that Rep. John Murtha has died. The Washington Post has the details here.
Also in the Washington Post, Chris Cillizza, says that state law requires the Governor to declare a date for a special election to fill the Congressman's now vacant seat. That election, says Cillizza, will probably coincide with Pennsylvania's primaries to be held on May 18th. No interim appointment can be made.
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So not only did the Repubs gain Scott Brown, but now the Dims have temporarily lost another seat. Interesting development, that.
Actually, they've lost more than one. There's an open seat in Hawaii for which a special election still needs to be scheduled. The Dem that held it resigned so he could run for Governor.
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