By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services | Arizona Daily Star
Martha McSally can keep John McCain’s Senate seat until at least the 2020 general election, a federal judge ruled late Thursday.
Judge Diane Humetewa rejected arguments that the U.S. Constitution requires there be a special election within a year — if not less — when there is a vacancy in a Senate seat.
She acknowledged that the Constitution allows a governor to fill a Senate seat on a “temporary” basis. And Humetewa said that 27 months will have elapsed between McCain’s death last August and the next regular election in 2020.
