An example of this is Rodney Glassman, vice mayor of Tucson, Arizona and Democratic Party candidate in the 2010 United States Senate election in Arizona, who delayed his resignation from the city council and his Senate campaign announcement until the city's budget was completed.
"[3] The Florida law permits an office-holder to make their resignation effective the day they would assume the new office if elected.
[4] That same year, in a separate case, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black questioned the constitutionality of the same statute.
[5] In late 2022, some Republican leaders of the Legislature, signaled that they might change the law so governor Ron DeSantis could run in the 2024 United States presidential election.
This statute permitted Lyndon B. Johnson to run for vice president in 1960 and, at the same time, seek re-election as United States Senator from Texas.