Idjit
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Mike375 said:If a senator dies during his/her term are they replaced by someone of the same party. If there is no election is the new senator appointed by the state governor.
In many cases (someone correct me if I am wrong) the deceased's spouse serves out the rest of their term. Otherwise I'm not sure if it's the governor who appoints or the party leader for that state (it would be odd for a democratic governor to appoint a replacement for a republican senator, or vice versa).