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Atkins, a former state Senate president pro tempore, former Assembly speaker and the only gay major candidate in the governor’s race, said in an interview that she’s “mindful that as a woman and as a member of the gay community, what I do matters.”

The Byrd Rules are not actually enforced by the parliamentarian but rather enforced by the presiding officer of the Senate, which is either the president of the Senate or the president pro tempore of the Senate.

If there’s no certification by Jan. 20, in fact, the next in the presidential line of succession would fall to the Senate president pro tempore, Iowa’s Chuck Grassley, who, after playing the “long game” for 91 years, would usher in a new era of Corn Totalitarianism.

Rehberg, Downing and state schools Superintendent Elsie Arntzen have infused their campaigns with hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal loans as they compete in a seven-way competition that includes state Senate President Pro Tempore Ken Bogner and former state Rep. Joel Krautter, who is backed by a former Republican governor.

“We’ve lowered taxes, grown the state economy and built the nation’s best workforce,” said Phil Berger, president pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate.