1. John McCain's role in the federal government was his position as a senator for thirty years.
2. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey is required to fill the vacancy.
3. The replacement will serve until 2020.
4. The restriction on the replacement is that he must be the same party as McCain (Republican).
5. Voters will not vote on his replacement because he did not leave office before May 30, so his seat was not on the ballot, and nothing in the Constitution calls for a special election.
6. Republicans are happy that this seat is not on the ballot because a Republican must be appointed so a Democrat cannot be voted in and take the seat.
7. Republicans have a 51 seat majority.
8. McCain's replacement may be better for Republicans than McCain was because McCain was a less reliable Republican vote than many of his colleagues, so his replacement is likely to be more in agreement with the rest of the GOP.
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