John Conyers retirement: What happens next to replace him in Congress?
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U.S. Rep. John Conyers announces his retirement.
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WASHINGTON — The process of filling the seat left open by the retirement of Michigan Democratic Rep. John Conyers could take some time to sort out and cost a good bit of money.
By law, the governor is required to call a special election to select someone to fill out the remainder of the congressman’s term, which ends Jan. 3, 2019.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder can schedule that election whenever he wishes, though it often comes on the date of the next regularly scheduled election — which, at present, is May 7, 2018, when there will be balloting for local boards and millage rates.
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But because it’s a House seat, that also means having a primary election first to decide who would run in a general election. That’s what happened in 2012, for instance, after former congressman Thad McCotter, a Republican from Livonia, Mich., stepped down in July.
Kerry Bentivolio won a September primary to be the Republican nominee to both fill out McCotter’s unexpired term and to take the seat in the next Congress. In the November general election, however, Democrat David Curson won the race to serve out the remaining six weeks of McCotter’s term while Bentivolio won to replace McCotter in the next Congress.
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So it’s possible that a primary could be held in May and then a general election to fill out his term Aug. 7, the date of the next regular election.
The process also means that between now and the special election, there will be no one in Congress representing the district.Â
A special election isn’t cheap: The Secretary of State’s Office puts it at about $2,000 per precinct. There are roughly 517 precincts in Conyers’ Wayne County district, according to a count by the Detroit Free Press, putting the cost at a little more than $1 million.
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Dean of the Congressional Black Caucus John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., front second left, , delivers his remarks calling for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign, as Chairman of the CBC, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., right, and Reps. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., left, Kendrick Meek, D-Fla, back second right, listen on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 6, 2004 in Washington. Â
From left, Windsor, Ontario, Mayor Mike Hurst; Detroit Mayor Coleman Young; Rep. Barbara-Rose Collins; and Rep. John Conyers, Jr., meet on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 6, 1993. Young lobbied lawmakers against a train tunnel planned between Port Huron, Mich., and Sarnia, Ontario.Â
Sen. Evan Bayh, right, and Rep. John Conyers, Jr., center, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 18, 2006, in Washington. The lawmakers are hosting a forum on the crisis facing the U.S. auto industry. Â
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., center, accompanied by, from left, Martin Luther King III, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Melissa Bell, mother of one of the Jena Six defendants Mychal Bell, speaks to reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sep. 25, 2007. Â
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., greets Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., before making remarks on the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., at the Mason Temple Church of God and Christ in Memphis, Tenn., Friday, April 4, 2008. Â
Congressional Black Caucus Chairman-elect Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., right, meets with, from left, Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., and Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Â
President George W. Bush, surrounded by members of Congress signing legislation extending for 25 years the Voting Rights Act, on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington on July 27, 2006. Front row, from left are, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.Â
A select House Committee recommended that Adam Clayton Powell be seated as a House member but be censured for gross misconduct. Among members of the committee at a news conference in Feb. 1967 were, from left, seated: Rep. Arch Moore, D-W.Va., and Rep. Emmanuel Celler, D-N.Y., chairman; standing, Rep. Vernon Thomson, R-Wis.; Rep. John Conyers, Jr., D-Mich., and Rep. Claude Pepper, D-Fla. Â
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Rep. John Conyers won’t seek re-election: report
Dec. 1: Congress Ethics chairs request more data to determine extent of sex harassment payouts
Dec. 1: Rep. John Conyers accuser: Congressman wanted me as ‘his side piece’
Nov. 30: OnPolitics Today: Conyers won’t take go for an answer
Nov. 30: Nancy Pelosi calls for Rep. John Conyers’ resignation amid sexual misconduct allegations
Nov. 30: Woman accuses Rep. John Conyers of ‘violating my body’
Nov. 29: Conyers clan lashes out at media as resignation rumors fly
Nov. 28: New Conyers accuser says lawmaker stripped in Washington hotel room
Nov. 28: Conyers returns home amid reports that he is being pushed to resign
Nov. 26: Rep. John Conyers stepping down from top Judiciary Committee post as ethics probe continues
Nov. 24: New Rep. John Conyers accuser: He showed up to a meeting in his underwear
Nov. 22: Fellow House Democrat calls for Conyers to resign
Nov. 22: Detroit Free Press editorial: Rep. Conyers needs to resign
Nov. 21: Report: Rep. Conyers settled complaint over sexual conduct