Sherrill pulls cabinet member from senate confirmation

Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s nominee for Commissioner of Labor was sitting on the floor of the State Senate today expecting to witness a vote on his own confirmation when the governor’s office abruptly pulled him out of the chamber and asked that the vote be postponed.

It’s not immediately clear why Sherrill wanted to delay Jarvis just as he was on the cusp on confirmation.  Her office did not respond to a request for comment.

Jarvis, named to the post after last year’s election and nominated after Sherrill took office, sailed through his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing with unanimous support.

This is an unusual occurrence; usually it’s the governor pushing the Senate for a quick confirmation and not the other way around.  There is no apparent opposition to him in the Senate.