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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsErik Cantor to 'resign early'. Wants special election.
He said on the night of the election that he was leaving early so this comes as no surprise. However I think it is pure irony and sheer chutzpa that one of the founding fathers of the DO NOTHING CONGRESS Taxed Enough Already Division wants a special election at additional tax payer expense to appoint someone to his seat. It's not like they are going to do anything between now and the end of the congressional term so what's the rush to appoint another possibly member to the Do Nothing Club.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) After a surprise primary election loss, U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor will resign his seat in the House of Representatives months earlier than expected.
The congressman will step down Aug. 18 and ask Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe to call a special election to enable his successor to take office immediately, Cantor spokesman Doug Heye said Friday.
Hours after stepping down as House majority leader Thursday, Cantor told the Richmond Times-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1puQVLX) he would step down instead of serving his full term, which would have ended in January.
Cantor told the newspaper a special election would give the winner seniority rather than waiting until January to take office with the new Congress. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/eric-cantor-resign-house-seat_n_5640262.html
longship
(40,416 posts)"We aren't going to allow you to game the system, Mr. Cantor."
No reason to spend money for a special election...especially when Congress is on vacation for the next 5 weeks! Besides, it's not as if Cantor has actually been representing his district...which was one of the reasons he lost the primary...so a few more weeks isn't going to make that big of a difference!
Maybe if he had spent more time in his district and not in the Hamptons, he might still have a job!
enough
(13,237 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)The November elections would happen just two months later and Cantor wants the district to have an election in August!
The republicans are shameless in trying to rig the system. Cantor is now a member of the Sarah Palin Quitters Club.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)thus explaining why he insists on leaving Congress asap instead of in January. Who cares how much a special election will cost the taxpayers. He's the important one here, not the commoners.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)FSogol
(45,357 posts)If he wants his district to be represented, he should have resigned before taking office.