PBI-Manatt Quiz: Senate Vacancy Edition!

1. Which of the following statements about filling a U.S. Senate vacancy in California is true?

The governor must appoint someone who is of the same political party as the vacating senator.

The governor has the power to call for a special election.

An appointee must be confirmed by California’s U.S. congressional delegation.

An appointee must be confirmed by both houses of the California Legislature.

2. When will the next election for Senator Kamala Harris’ current U.S. Senate seat be held?

2024

2021

2022

2026

3. In addition to filling vacancies for statewide elected office, the governor of California can fill vacancies for which of the following positions?

County boards of supervisors

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives

State senators and assembly members

County sheriffs

4. The Seventeenth Amendment changed the U.S. Constitution in which of the following ways?

It introduced the requirement for appointments to fill U.S. Senate vacancies.

It established direct elections for the U.S. Senate.

It provided the requirements to qualify for the U.S. Senate.

It introduced the requirement that two senators represent each state.

5. Which of the following U.S. senators from California took their seat through appointment and then lost in the next election?

Thomas H. Kuchel

William F. Knowland

Thomas M. Storke

John Seymour

Senate Vacancy Edition!