If Mitch McConnell leaves the Senate, Kentucky’s governor must pick a Republican to replace him

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Could health problems for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell change the balance of power in the narrowly divided Senate? Not in the short run.

Could health problems for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell end up changing the balance of power in the narrowly divided Senate?

Not in the short run, thanks to the Kentucky Republican’s push more than two years ago for a law that restricts the state’s Democratic governor’s power to choose who can temporarily fill a U.S. Senate seat.

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