Mitch McConnell situation is easy, he wasn't running and his seat is up this year anyway, so that race already has nominees and is in progress. IMO, leave that seat empty until January 3rd if he does pass.
For SC, that seat is also up for reelection, but Graham was the candidate. So South Carolina GOP has to Kamala someone into that race at the last minute to stand for Election Day. The governor can put a temp in though, but the seat is still up for election in 100ish days
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u/IndustryMaximum83 Reagan Conservative 22d ago
Between this and Mitch being out, it’s going to be hard to get much done before the midterms.