Who vacated the seat for which a Republican nominee ran who was suspended from his court position in 2016?
Lyn Stuart Lyn Stuart (born c. 1955) is an American jurist. She was appointed acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama one May 6, 2016, when her predecessor, Roy Moore, was suspended. In September 2016, Moore's suspension was made permanent, and he resigned in April 2017.
2016 Republican National Convention The 2016 Republican National Convention, in which delegates of the United States Republican Party chose the party's nominees for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, was held July 18–21, 2016, at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The event marked the third time Cleveland has hosted the Republican National Convention and the first since 1936. In addition to determining the party's national ticket, the convention ratified the party platform.