Constitutional Resign to Run laws
Would a senator - who is mid-term and
not up for re-election in the same
election - have to forfeit his seat in
order to run for president as his party's
nominee? And, if so, having lost the
presidential election, would he return to
his Senate seat to serve out his term?
Re: Constitutional Resign to Run laws
Federal law contains no such requirement. Offhand I don't know whether any states have tried to impose such a rule on their senators, but I doubt it. I also doubt that doing so would be constitutional.
