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On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
``When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: provided that the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislative may direct.''
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Rick Larsen
Democratic · Washington

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