Biden Can Continue Senate Campaign
Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., can continue his bid for re-election this year even though he has been chosen as the Democratic vice presidential running mate.
Delaware state law says that Biden may run for both offices at the same time – a la Lieberman in 2000, Bentsen in 1988 and, the most famous one, LBJ in 1960.
If the Democrats win in November, the governors of Biden's Delaware and Sen. Barack Obama’s Illinois may name whomever they want to succeed the departing senators.
As an interesting sidenote, Governors Ruth Ann Minner of Delaware and Rod Blagojevich of Illinois are both Democrats.
Delaware state law says that Biden may run for both offices at the same time – a la Lieberman in 2000, Bentsen in 1988 and, the most famous one, LBJ in 1960.
If the Democrats win in November, the governors of Biden's Delaware and Sen. Barack Obama’s Illinois may name whomever they want to succeed the departing senators.
As an interesting sidenote, Governors Ruth Ann Minner of Delaware and Rod Blagojevich of Illinois are both Democrats.
posted by Norman Larson @ 7:40 AM
1 Comments:
At 7:49 AM,
Anonymous said…
Barack Obama strung out the v.p. selection with his usual flair for dramatics. I thought that maybe he would have all the potential candidates appear in Springfield, Ill., with him, and then a security guard would hand him a envelope, just like the Academy Awards, and Barack or his wife would open it and announce, "And the winner is ..."
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