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im pretty sure its the other way around; If they hold out for 1 more month, they have to have a special election. If they don't hold out for a month, the governor (who is a democrat) gets to appoint someone.
afaik it's by election only now to fill a vacant senate seat from kentucky. the republicant super-majority in that state legislature passed a law that took the governor, including the sitting 2-term democrat, out of that process.
Yup, they passed it specifically last April to stop Beshear from appointing anyone.
Now, TECHNICALLY this might garner a challenge in the state Supreme Court - it didn't amend the state constitution, which says the governor can appoint for vacant seats.
the inevitable court case would go on longer than turtle's term.
https://ballotpedia.org/Filling_vacancies_in_the_U.S._Senate
You are correct the seat, no matter what, would sit vacant until a special election is held
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