Rep. Millender-McDonald dies

[jaysunb]

April 22, 2007
Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-Calif.), who'd taken leave from
Congress after being diagnosed with cancer, died Sunday, a Congressional
source said.

House Clerk Lorraine Miller has secured Millender-McDonald's office and
is to oversee the office until an election can be held to replace her.
Rep. Millender-McDonald dies
By Mike Soraghan
April 22, 2007
Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-Calif.), who'd taken leave from
Congress after being diagnosed with cancer, died Sunday, a Congressional
source said.

House Clerk Lorraine Miller has secured Millender-McDonald's office and
is to oversee the office until an election can be held to replace her.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/rep.-millender-mcdonald-dies-aide-says-2007-04-22.html

A nice lady, a good democrat and a good friend....

[AlCzervik]

1. omg i so sorry to hear that. She must have worked right up until the end.

rip.

[liberaldemocrat7]

18. I have seen her on CSPAN. I hope she rests in peace and wish her family great strength.

I have seen her on CSPAN. I hope she rests in peace and wish her family great strength.

[sasha031]

2. my deepest condolences to her family

:grouphug: :grouphug:

[bobbolink]

3. That is so very sad.

Condolences to her district.

She will be missed.

:cry:

[jaysunb]

4. Should have posted in LBN

Mods please move

Thanx

[bobbolink]

5. How 'bout posting it there, and leaving this here for those of us who don't frequest LBN?

[merh]

6. My condolences to her family and friends and her constituents.

May she rest in peace.

[femrap]

7. So sorry....

Condolences to the family and her constituents.

[GregD]

8. YIkes...

Wow, sorry to hear this, and not to make short-shrift of her passing but what happens now?

Does Ahnuld get to appoint someone to replace her?

[jaysunb]

9. no

there will be a special election, and I wouldn't be surprised to see her son run for her seat along w/ several others.

[David in Canada]

14. I expect a wide-open field

This is one of the safest Democratic seats in the United States. If our side had only 25 Congressional Districts in the whole country, this would be one of them.

Whoever wins will basically have a job for life, barring legal problems. Walter Tucker III, Millender-McDonald's predecessor was convicted of accepting bribes in 1996 and forced to resign. He is today a preacher in Chicago, Illinois...

Due to the fact that this could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, anyone who can run WILL run. You could see a half dozen serious candidates fighting for this seat. If someone really young wins, THEIR successor would likely be someone who is currently in elementary school.

Just food for thought.

[David in Canada]

13. Appointments...

Congressional appointments by governors can only be made for US Senate seats, and even then, it varies from state-to-state. In Oregon and Massachusetts, for example, the seat stays vacant until a new senator has been duly elected. In Oregon, when Bob Packwood resigned in 1995, his seat was vacant until Ron Wyden won the January 1996 special election.

In Massachusetts, until recently, all U.S. Senate vacancies were filled by the governor until a special election could be held. This provision was in force the last time a Senate seat was vacant. In 1961, Benjamin F. Smith was appointed to the U.S. Senate as a caretaker until Ted Kennedy could run for his brother's seat. Ted Kennedy was only 28 at the time of John F. Kennedy's resignation from the Senate so Smith, a Kennedy family friend, was appointed on the premise he not run in the special election.

In 2004, Massachusetts legislators amended the state law so a vacant Senate seat can only be filled by special election. This was due to John Kerry's presidential candidacy in order to prevent then-Governor Mitt Romney from appointing a fellow Republican (likely Kerry Murphy Healey) to Kerry's seat and thus giving her a leg-up in a potential Senate contest.

Hope this helps :)

[ButterflyBlood]

15. Appointments are only for Senate seats

There'll be a special election, and whoever wins the Democratic primary would have the general in the bag. This seat is as safe for us at it gets.

[rodeodance]

10. 68 years old.

[Infomaniac]

11. My condolences to her family, friends and constituents

A life of devoted public service until its very end. She will be missed.

[Greeby]

12. Oh no

:cry:

[Lochloosa]

16. ..

[emlev]

17. Very, very sad. I saw her in DC a month ago...

...and didn't know she was ill, couldn't tell from watching her sitting on the panel in the Elections Subcommittee of the House Admin Committee. Amazing she worked until she was so close to death.

[wicket]

19. May she rest in peace

:cry: :cry: