• Sections
  • Newsletters
  • Podcasts
  • Support TPM
  • Shop Merch
  • Site Info
  • About
  • Sections
  • Editors' Blog
  • News
  • Live Blog
  • Cafe
  • Muckraker
  • Morning Memo
  • Where Things Stand
  • The Weekender
  • Features
  • Support TPM
  • Memberships
  • The TPM Journalism Fund
  • Site Info
  • FAQ
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Site Status
  • About
  • About TPM
  • Mission
  • Masthead
  • Financials
  • Careers
  • Pitch Us
Follow TPM
© 2026 TPM MEDIA LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Talking Points Memo Logo
Send Tips TPM 25th Anniversary Badge
Editors' Blog

Byrd’s Successor To Be Named

by David Kurtz
07.16.10 | 6:17 am

The AP is reporting that West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) will appoint his former counsel Carte Goodwin to fill the Senate seat left empty by Robert Byrd’s death.

Send Tips
David Kurtz is TPM's editor at large.
LATEST
Where Things Stand
Another Escalation in Trump’s War on Blue States
01.22.26 | 6:15 pm
News
How ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Avoided Prison, Thanks to One of the ‘Friends of Trump’
01.22.26 | 12:34 pm
Morning Memo
Secret Internal Memo Exposes the Scale of ICE’s Lawlessness
01.22.26 | 11:11 am
News
What Does It Mean That SCOTUS Hasn’t Ruled on IEEPA Tariffs? Nothing, Experts Said.
01.22.26 | 11:02 am
Talking Points Memo
© 2026 TPM MEDIA LLC.
Masthead Contact Privacy Policy
  • About
  • Memberships
  • Careers
  • Advertise
  • Site Status
  • FAQ
  • Newsletters
  • Pitch Us
  • Terms of Use
  • CCPA Notice