I think it is just wrong that the Governor of the State would choose a replacement based on the political affiliation of his preference - and in this case the governor is a Republican, ergo he will choose someone who shares his political views.

There are two other options:

In fairness to what the people chose and voted for, his replacement should be of the same political affiliation as the senator that won the election and that in turn helped turn the tide in the Senate Mayority.

Or better yet - to go more with the actual qualifications of the candidate and not their affiliation, there should be another election where the voters of that State can choose their State representative in their countries governmental body. This way if the people choose Republican or Democrat, so be it, it would be the democratic way.

All this I write as I pray for the senators good health and also for the country to hopefully realize that we have to change this truncated replacement procedure.