Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have removed any role for the Democratic governor in filling a U.S. Senate vacancy
Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Friday removed the Democratic governor from any role filling future U.S. Senate vacancies — a move supporters said was unrelated to recent scrutiny about the health of the state's senior senator, Republican leader Mitch McConnell. The GOP supermajority Legislature easily overrode Gov. Andy Beshear's veto of the measure. The legislation calls for a special election to fill any Senate vacancy from the Bluegrass State.
Lawmakers also swept aside the veto of a measure promoting nuclear energy in coal-producing Kentucky. Beshear said he supports an “all-of-the-above” energy policy that includes nuclear energy, but objected to how members would be selected to an advisory board assigned to nurture nuclear power development. Many of them would be designated by private sector groups, bypassing the appointment authority of the governor or other state constitutional officers, Beshear said.
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