UT-3: Chaffetz retiring

[KingSweden]

Terrific news!

[KingSweden]

Cox seems like a good guy (he has also Tweeted at me). Seems like he'd make a good Governor

[KingSweden]

Anybody know what would happen to the Oversight committee when Chaffetz leaves? Who takes his place as Chair?

Wiki lists Jimmy Duncan second on the list, but I'm not sure if that means he's likely to be next in line.

Jimmy Duncan or Jim Jordan. Darrell Issa probably can't be the chair again.

Probably Duncan, I doubt they'd make Jordan chairman. And even if they allowed it, Issa probably won't even be a Congressman after 2018.

Duncan actually has always struck me as a fairly independent, if somewhat anonymous, Congressman. Doubt he'd be a toady henchman like Chaffetz

[KingSweden]

Matt Holland or Evan McMullin sound like best case scenarios here

[KingSweden]

According to the Lt. Governor's Office, the special election to fill the seat will be on November 7.  Any primary would be on August 15.

Then there you have it, folks.

Good on them for aligning it with any fall elections UT might have