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Senator proposes 3-term limit, says appointments should not count toward term limits
Summary
Senator Justin Gerhardt introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 4,028 to ask voters whether statewide offices (except governor and lieutenant governor) should be subject to three elected terms and to specify that appointments to fill vacancies would not count toward those limits.
Senator Justin Gerhardt introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 4,028 to ask voters whether statewide offices (except governor and lieutenant governor) should be subject to three elected terms and to specify that appointments to fill vacancies would not count toward those limits.
Gerhardt told the Senate State and Local Government Committee the resolution “proposes term limits of 3 elected terms for all statewide offices, except the Governor and Lieutenant Governor,” and that it would “make clear that appointments to fill vacancies don't count against these limits.”
The proposal stems in part from Gerhardt’s own experience as an appointee. He said he was appointed in October 2023 to complete a predecessor’s term and was subsequently elected to a…
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