Manchin Successor Justice Delays Senate Swearing-In So West Virginia Doesn’t Have Four Govs In Ten Days

Roll Call reports:

When newly elected senators are sworn in Jan. 3 at the Capitol, one member won’t be there: Republican Jim Justice says he’ll serve out his term as West Virginia governor and postpone joining the Senate until his gubernatorial successor is inaugurated on Jan. 13. Justice said he wanted to avoid a scenario under which the state would shuffle through four different governors over a 10-day span.

The succession plan had Justice not delayed his swearing-in as senator: He would have been succeeded by outgoing state Senate President Craig Blair in an acting capacity until Jan. 8, the first day of the legislative session. Then the new state Senate president, who is expected to be state Sen. Randy Smith, would serve as acting governor until Jan. 13, when

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