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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 08:27 PM Feb 2020

Will VT get 2 new US Senators by Jan. 2023?

Jan 2021- Sanders resigns to become the next POTUS.
Jan 2023- Leahy retires instead of seeking 9th US Senate term.

Which Democrats takes Sanders' seat?
Which Democrat takes Leahy's seat?

Peter Welch-
Peter Shumlin-
Howard Dean-
David Zuckerman-

Could Howard Dean or his wife get a cabinet position in the Sanders administration- Secretary of Health and Human Services or Surgeon General?

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Will VT get 2 new US Senators by Jan. 2023? (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Feb 2020 OP
Zuckerman handmade34 Feb 2020 #1

handmade34

(24,054 posts)
1. Zuckerman
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 08:30 PM
Feb 2020

as Governor and if not Senator
Peter Welch has served Vermont well!!
not sure Shumlin has a future, but??

...would be good with any/all of them

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