Assertion: special election | /r/CapableOf | take place
Facets:
value: to fill a vacancy
type: PURPOSE
value: on december
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: A special election for the United States Senate in Alabama took place on December 12, 2017, to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate through the end of the term ending on January 3, 2021, arising from the resignation on February 8, 2017, of Jeff Sessions to serve as the 84th United States Attorney General.
text: On February 9, 2017, Governor Robert J. Bentley appointed Luther Strange, the Attorney General of Alabama, to fill the vacancy until a special election could take place.