Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar won her election to be Minnesota’s next governor.

Either she, or outgoing governor Tim Walz, will choose someone to temporarily replace Klobuchar, from now until a special election can be held in November 2027.

The question becomes: who replaces her in the Senate?

There are one of two paths here.

One, the party picks the appointee with the intent on that person having a leg up to run in the 2027 special election.

The other, the party picks a steward – usually a respected, retired politician to fill the role for the appointed period and then NOT run in the special election. This allows the 2027 field of candidates to start on equal footing.

I would like to propose a third path: Someone symbolic and both political and non-political, at the same time. A normal person.

Specifically, I think Minnesota should appoint BECCA GOOD, the spouse of Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE in Minnesota in January.

I think the image of JD Vance swearing in a woman whose spouse he had murdered in pursuit of a fascist agenda would be great – second only to the one of Senator Good grilling ICE agents in committee.