Lame duck period

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What's interesting is that for special Senate elections, the amount of delay depends on the state and how close it is. Dianne Feinstein took office the day after her first election.

Meanwhile, Al Franken (not a special election) had to wait 8 months because of the close result, and Republican obstruction.