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2023-05-11 02:16:42 UTC - HELPFUL
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No state fills U.S. House vacancies by appointment. Every state uses elections: https://history.house.gov/Institution/Vacancies-Successors/Vacancies-Successors/ The 25 states referenced in the original tweet fill vacancies in their *own state-level legislatures* by appointment: https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/filling-legislative-vacancies George santos is a U.S. House member, not a state-level legislator: https://santos.house.gov/
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