[herge]

In the mean time between the next election (with all the time it would take to find/vet brand new candidates!), would the incumbent keep his/her spot?

[nxzero]

That would be the most obvious resolution in the case that another election was required, though might be exploited as a means to get around term limits.

Another option might be the delegation of responsibility to the voting population to force a timely resolution of the election, greater understanding of the issues at hand, etc.