Commentary
On Sept. 29, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) died at age 90, leaving an empty seat in the Senate. Within two days, Gov. Gavin Newsom had announced the seat would be filled by interim replacement Laphonza Butler. Seeing the headlines about these events made me think about movies in which the governor must choose an interim replacement for a congressman who suddenly dies. There’s one film in particular in which this scenario sets a complicated plot in motion.
