BREAKING: McCain’s replacement announced!

by The Right Scoop

The Governor of Arizona has just announced the replacement for John McCain in the US Senate:

Kyl will be a yes vote for Kavanaugh, of course:


Kyl, however, announces he has no intention of seeking reelection in 2020:

That could always change so don’t be surprised if it does.

Here’s more:

Sen. John McCain’s widow on Tuesday said former Sen John Kyl will fill her late husband’s seat.

Cindy McCain made the statement on Twitter minutes before Arizona’s Republican Gov. Doug Ducey was due to make the formal announcement.

Kyl, a Republican, is currently shepherding Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. His appointment may make it possible for him to vote for the nomination.

He is expected to be a placeholder, not running in 2020, when voters will get to decide who fills the remainder of McCain’s seat through 2022. Then the seat will be up again for a full six-year term.

Kyl will be entering a narrowly divided senate where Republicans could gain or lose seats in November.

The GOP is hoping he’ll be a more reliable partisan vote than McCain, whose opposition to a partial repeal of President Obama’s health care law pitched the party into turmoil last year.

#MeToo.


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