Tim Scott is on Trump’s short list of vice president potential candidates. What happens in the event that Scott quits his position in the Senate? * SC Daily Gazette

A brief description of the process for filling the U.S. Senate vacancy is filled in South Carolina, since Tim Scott might be a potential running mate for Donald Trump.

By Abraham Kenmore

U.S. Senator. Tim Scott is reportedly in Donald Trump’s short list of possible candidates to be a part of his presidential ticket which raises the issue of who will succeed the South Carolina senator who is junior — and in what manner.

Scott has been considered being a potential candidate to run with Trump from the time Scott was removed in November at the midst of a period when the GOP presidential field was crowded. The speculation accelerated due to Scott’s support on stage by Trump just two months following. Scott has been such an avid supporter, Trump has said the senator is a better campaigner than Scott was for Scott.

“He was very successful (in in the first primary) however he was not so ferocious as he normally is because he’s not willing to be announcing himself. It’s fascinating,” Trump declared during an event that took place at North Charleston in February.

Speculation may end Thursday night.

Trump has suggested that Trump “most likely” would announce his vice-presidential choice during the live discussion with Joe Biden in Atlanta.

When Trump decides to support Scott and the result is a win in November, the following South Carolina U.S. senator will take office the same way as Scott was in 2013.

According to the state laws Governors are able to appoint a replacement for any U.S. senator who leaves his or her position prior to the end of their term. The appointment will be valid till the time of next year’s general election. This is thought to be a special vote for that Senate seat, as defined by the State Elections Commission.

Then, in December of 2012 former governor. Nikki Haley was appointed by then-Gov. Nikki Haley Scott as her successor. U.S. senator. Jim DeMint from Greenville who resigned two years into his six-year term to lead the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.

Scott was elected to coastal 1st Congressional District. Instead of being elected to another session of the U.S. House, the former Charleston County Council chairman was admitted to the U.S. Senate in January 2013, which made the very first Southern-based Black Republican senator since Reconstruction.

The seat was removed following the usual procedure of voting in 2014. Scott took the GOP primary in that year with an 80 percent margin in a victory in a landslide. Scott then beat the incumbent Democratic candidate by 24 percentage points during November to complete the remaining portion of DeMint’s tenure.

Scott was successful in beating his opponents in 2016 and win his first full term. He won another time in 2022 with ease during the Senate race, which he claimed was his last.

If Scott is removed from the Senate U.S. Senate after November — which would be about 2 years over six years, the Governor. Henry McMaster would nominate his successor.

South Carolina is one of the 37 states that make use ofa governor’s appointment to fill Senate vacant seats until the general election. Ten of states require that the governor choose an interim senator who is from the same political group to the senator retiring, as per the Congressional Research Service.

South Carolina does not oblige that the parties are aligned. It’s just an established truth it is the case that McMaster and McMaster, the former state’s Republican Party chairman, would pick the in-state Republican.

In this scenario, the McMaster appointed representative could opt to continue as a member of his position in the Senate as the president interim will be allowed to take part in a primary election and General elections of 2026 to run the remaining time of Scott’s presidency up to 2028.

McMaster has not made any comments on whether he had potential candidates to replace Scott.

“It would be premature at this point to make plans,” McMaster spokesperson Brandon Charochak said Wednesday.

Scott’s representative Scott was hesitant to talk about the issue.

Governors can claim a Senate seat by themselvess in the occasion there is an opening. However, people don’t always respond well to this.

This has only occurred once within South Carolina.

The month of April was 1965., the governor was at the time. Donald Russell was forced to resign after the death of U.S. Senator. Olin Johnston, the lieutenant governor of Russell was able to become governor, and later appoint Russell as the replacement for his vacant Senate seat.

But, Russell was not in the Senate for the entire time.

He was removed from the post in the primary of Fritz Hollings in the 1966 Democratic primary. Hollings did not just serve the remainder of Johnston’s term, but was in South Carolina’s Senate over 38 years which makes him the eighth-longest-serving U.S. senator in history at the time of his passing away in 2019. (When Hollings retired in 2004 the electorate chose DeMint to succeed him. )