The practice of having governors appointing replacements for prematurely vacant Congressional seats is commonly used to provide appointed candidates the advantage of incumbency in the next election. We believe that the people of a district should choose their next representative without the scales weighted by a gubernatorial appointment. While a vacant seat leaves a Congressional district temporarily unrepresented in Congress, a governor-appointed placeholder does not actually provide true representation for the people of the district, and may instead be politically motivated by the governor or the governor’s political party.

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