Anonymous says:

Kiernan never held the Senate seat. Mike Tully beat out Kiernan for the Republican nomination in the 1982 special election after John Caemmerer dies in office. Balboni got the nod when Tully dies in office. At least Balboni is leaving of his own volition.

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