No golden ticket is required to take a seat in the sweet spot in the Senate: the famous “candy desk.” But with Sen. Markwayne Mullin soon vacating it to lead the Department of Homeland Security, questions are swirling over who the chamber’s new candy maestro will be.
The tradition began in the 1960s, when California Republican Sen. George Murphy started keeping hard candy on hand. With his desk near the chamber’s most frequently used door, Murphy began sharing the lozenges with his colleagues, and the rest is history.
Vermont Democratic Sen. Peter Welch, who frequently partakes in candy from the desk, said Mullin provided a “high-quality product.”
