Reply #65: Coleman gets the seat for 6 years

[dflprincess]

because he won in the regularly scheduled election. Carnahan only had the seat for two years because her husband technically won the election and she was appointed to fill the vacancy. This happened in Minnesota when Hubert Humphrey died during his term and his wife was appointed to fill his seat until the next scheduled statewide election - even though his seat would not have been up then. I think the current Missouri senator will only have 4 years before his seat comes up again because the senate is set up so about 1/3 of it comes up for election every 2 years.