After Trump was elected, the commissioners unanimously voted to elect Buerkle as the vice chairman of the agency, which made her ascension to acting chairman possible.
The National Law Review pointed out that there are speculations that the administration is searching for a Republican CPSC commissioner to replace Democratic commissioner Marti Robinson whose term expires October 2017. If no Republican commissioner is selected, her tenure will extend up to one year, and the commission will remain under Democratic control.
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