The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Tedards v Ducey, 19-1427, at its December 11 conference. This is the Arizona case on whether Governors can appoint replacement U.S. Senators to a term greater than two years. On August 25, 2018, U.S. Senator John McCain had died, and Arizona decided not to hold a special election until November 2020. Some Arizona voters had argued that states must hold odd-year special elections in circumstances like that, but the lower federal courts upheld the state.