#Political Succession

Articles (19)

• 🇺🇸 Newsom sets special election date for Swalwell seat — 14/04/2026 [USA]

  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) issued a proclamation on Tuesday setting the date for a special election to fill the remainder of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) term for Aug. 18. Swalwell re...

  Related: #California Politics, #Special Elections, #Democratic Party Dynamics
• 🇺🇸 Republican Clay Fuller sworn in to take House seat formerly held by Marjorie Taylor Greene — 14/04/2026 [USA]

  Republican Rep. Clay Fuller of Georgia was sworn into office Tuesday after winning a special election to take the congressional seat formerly held by Marjorie Taylor Greene.

  Related: #Congressional Representation, #Georgia Politics, #Special Election
• 🇺🇸 Stratton on track to succeed Durbin: Key takeaways from Illinois primary elections — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) won Illinois’s marquee Senate primary on Tuesday, defeating two House lawmakers and all but assuring she’ll succeed Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in the upper chamber.  Voter...

  Related: #Elections
• 🇺🇸 What to know about Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  The son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will now leader Iran through the biggest crisis in the country's modern history.

  Related: #Iranian Leadership
• 🇺🇸 How money might have influenced Iran's decision to make Mojtaba Khamenei its new supreme leader — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of former Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was chosen as Iran's new supreme leader following his father's death in U.S.-Israeli strikes, state media claims. CBS News' Courtney Kealy h...

  Related: #Financial Influence
• 🇬🇧 Iranians deeply divided over Mojtaba Khamenei's rise to power — 09/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  While pro-establishment crowds celebrate Khamenei's appointment as his father's successor, others believe it signals no change to how Iran is ruled.

  Related: #Public Division
• 🇬🇧 Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba chosen as Iran’s new supreme leader | First Thing — 09/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Move could lead to escalation of war as Donald Trump has already called Mojtaba Khamenei an ‘unacceptable’ choice. Plus, stormy space weather may be garbling messages from aliens</p><p>Good morning...

  Related: #Iran Leadership
• 🇺🇸 Iranians celebrate as Mojtaba Khamenei named new supreme leader — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  Supporters across Iran gathered to celebrate after Mojtaba Khamenei was named the country’s new supreme leader.

  Related: #Leadership Change
• 🇺🇸 Iranians celebrate as Mojtaba Khamenei is named supreme leader — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  Iranians took the streets in celebration after Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late supreme leader, was named as his successor. Mojtaba was selected as the Republic of Iran’s third leader just over ...

  Related: #Leadership Change
• 🇺🇸 Iran’s Next Supreme Leader, and the New Lucrative Pardon Industry for Rich Offenders — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  Plus, the “slop bowl” is losing its appeal.

  Related: #Judicial Corruption
• 🇺🇸 Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba becomes Iran’s supreme leader — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  The 56-year-old cleric becomes the third leader of the Islamic republic after his father was killed in US-Israeli air strike

  Related: #Leadership Change
• 🇺🇸 Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran's late supreme leader, is chosen to replace his father — 08/03/2026 [USA]

  A secretive figure within the Islamic Republic, Mojtaba Khamenei was not seen publicly in the days after an Israeli airstrike targeting the supreme leader's offices killed his 86-year-old father at th...

  Related: #Leadership Transition, #Regional Conflict
• 🇺🇸 What we know about Mojtaba Khamenei, new supreme leader of Iran — 08/03/2026 [USA]

  Iran has named its new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. CBS News' Holly Williams has more.

  Related: #Leadership Transition
• 🇺🇸 Iran clerics choose Khamenei's son as next supreme leader — 08/03/2026 [USA]

  Iranian clerics elected the son of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the next leader of the country, Iranian state media reported Sunday, as the U.S. and Israel continue to pummel the ...

  Related: #Iranian Leadership
• 🇺🇦 Iran Names Khamenei&apos;s Son As New Supreme Leader — 08/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  Iran&apos;s Islamic republic leaders have named hard-liner Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader.

  Related: #Leadership Change
• 🇺🇸 Iran names Khamenei’s son as new supreme leader after father’s killing — 08/03/2026 [USA]

  Mojtaba Khamenei will now be charged with leading Islamic Republic through the biggest crisis in its 47-year history.

  Related: #Leadership Change
• 🇺🇸 Iran's top diplomat: Trump has no say in picking next supreme leader — 08/03/2026 [USA]

  Iran's foreign minister pushed back Sunday against the idea that anyone outside the country -- including President Trump -- will have a say in choosing Iran's next supreme leader.

  Related: #Iran-US Relations, #International Interference
• 🇺🇸 Explainer-Who might succeed in Iran’s theocratic system of power? — 08/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Theocratic Governance
• 🇺🇸 Daines drops out of Senate reelection, hand-picked successor sneaks in before filing deadline — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  Sen. Steve Daines, Montana Republican, dropped his reelection bid Wednesday with virtually no time to spare before the state's filing deadline, but just enough for his hand-picked successor to enter t...

  Related: #Election Strategy, #Republican Politics, #Election Integrity