Post by Logan on May 14, 2016 0:25:48 GMT -6
Top Democrat in Senate departs, setting up rush to fill St. Louis seat
JEFFERSON CITY • The top Democrat in the Missouri Senate is poised to be appointed to a judicial post, setting off a potential scramble to fill his seat in the Legislature’s upper chamber.
Senate Minority Floor Leader Joe Keaveny, a Democrat representing St. Louis and part of St. Louis County, is expected to be named to a vacant administrative law judge post at the Department of Labor by Gov. Jay Nixon.
His final day in the Senate was Friday, but his term doesn’t end until 2018.
Nixon will have to schedule a special election to fill the 4th District seat. The governor has typically scheduled those at the same time as regularly scheduled elections.
Keaveny, 59, an attorney, said the hours and pay as a judge will be better than serving as a senator in his public capacity and a lawyer in a private capacity.
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/top-democrat-in-senate-departs-setting-up-rush-to-fill/article_09d8e233-ae3e-5d0a-92c9-769c12856abd.html
JEFFERSON CITY • The top Democrat in the Missouri Senate is poised to be appointed to a judicial post, setting off a potential scramble to fill his seat in the Legislature’s upper chamber.
Senate Minority Floor Leader Joe Keaveny, a Democrat representing St. Louis and part of St. Louis County, is expected to be named to a vacant administrative law judge post at the Department of Labor by Gov. Jay Nixon.
His final day in the Senate was Friday, but his term doesn’t end until 2018.
Nixon will have to schedule a special election to fill the 4th District seat. The governor has typically scheduled those at the same time as regularly scheduled elections.
Keaveny, 59, an attorney, said the hours and pay as a judge will be better than serving as a senator in his public capacity and a lawyer in a private capacity.
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/top-democrat-in-senate-departs-setting-up-rush-to-fill/article_09d8e233-ae3e-5d0a-92c9-769c12856abd.html